Weather Records on 19 April 1918

53 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1918. Highest significance: Camden 1, US.

Key Facts for 19 April 1918

On 19 April 1918, 53 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 53 daily.
Camden 1 set a daily record precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 19 April 1918.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

53 stations

53 station records on 19 April 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

53 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 10, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 19 April 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	10
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 April 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

45 broken records

Margins by which the 45 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1918

Top 20 records on 19 April 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1918	Camden 1, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Oxford, GB	daily low max	6.3 C (43.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Hamilton, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Durham, GB	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Innamincka Police Camp, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Coldwater, CA	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Port Dover, CA	daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Woodstock, CA	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Haliburton A, CA	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Astoria, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	9 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Parry Sound, CA	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Bird Rocks, CA	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	New Westminster, CA	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	3 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Port Dover, CA	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Lakefield, CA	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Yarmouth, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Sheffield, GB	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Alton, CA	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1918	Malvern, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1807 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1918. 1918 had 53 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 19 April 1918
Margin	Records
0 to 10	39
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1