Weather Records on 23 April 1918

92 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1918. Highest significance: Clermont Sirius St, AU.

Key Facts for 23 April 1918

On 23 April 1918, 92 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 89 daily.
Clermont Sirius St set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 23 April 1918.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

92 stations

92 station records on 23 April 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Culpaulin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koomooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabangee Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cultowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tapio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

92 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 23 April 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 April 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 89.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

77 broken records

Margins by which the 77 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1918

Top 20 records on 23 April 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1918	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1918	Surat, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1918	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1918	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1918	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1918	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1918	Roma Post Office, AU	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Morven Post Office, AU	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Wilcannia (Culpaulin), AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Johnburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison), AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Menindee (Weinteriga), AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Wilcannia (Billilla), AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1918	Menindee Post Office, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	35 years	20 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

1800 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1918. 1918 had 92 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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 23 April 1918
Margin	Records
0 to 10	55
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	6