Weather Records on 25 April 1918

136 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 April 1918. Highest significance: Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU.

Key Facts for 25 April 1918

On 25 April 1918, 136 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 132 daily.
Horsham Polkemmet Rd set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 25 April 1918.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

136 stations

136 station records on 25 April 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 April 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rupanyup (Lallat Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jung Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Langi Chiram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brim (Boswell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booreegamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chepstowe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tapio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moobong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Trainors Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tareena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

136 records

Records set or tied on 25 April 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 25 April 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 April 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 132.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

126 broken records

Margins by which the 126 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 April 1918

Top 20 records on 25 April 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 April 1918	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1918	Stawell, AU	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1918	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1918	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1918	Murtoa, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1918	Rupanyup (Lallat Plains), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1918	Marlborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1918	Wartook Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1918	Eudunda, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1918	Jung Jung, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1918	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1918	Wentworth Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1918	Nelson, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1918	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1918	Langi Chiram, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1918	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1918	Stockwell, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1918	Tbilisi, GE	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1918	Avoca (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1918	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	22 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

1794 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1918. 1918 had 136 records.

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

Records on 04-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1805	1
1807	1
1808	1
1812	1
1813	1
1817	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	7
1856	1
1857	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	2
1867	2
1873	3
1874	4
1875	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	2
1888	3
1889	3
1890	9
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1895	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1901	6
1902	3
1903	29
1904	10
1905	8
1906	20
1907	22
1908	26
1909	47
1910	42
1911	14
1912	16
1913	53
1914	14
1915	82
1916	54
1917	28
1918	136
1919	103
1920	41
1921	83
1922	66
1923	95
1924	142
1925	231
1926	439
1927	175
1928	143
1929	288
1930	280
1931	269
1932	362
1933	133
1934	360
1935	248
1936	175
1937	494
1938	375
1939	371
1940	534
1941	223
1942	644
1943	340
1944	294
1945	638
1946	379
1947	324
1948	599
1949	572
1950	647
1951	370
1952	636
1953	369
1954	767
1955	644
1956	607
1957	442
1958	569
1959	385
1960	992
1961	563
1962	1,116
1963	437
1964	538
1965	526
1966	541
1967	837
1968	1,011
1969	419
1970	462
1971	629
1972	508
1973	434
1974	919
1975	764
1976	561
1977	812
1978	696
1979	622
1980	784
1981	900
1982	628
1983	1,860
1984	874
1985	649
1986	1,031
1987	1,009
1988	736
1989	1,382
1990	1,553
1991	1,003
1992	1,032
1993	862
1994	1,200
1995	1,128
1996	866
1997	1,348
1998	777
1999	986
2000	1,026
2001	1,170
2002	1,194
2003	859
2004	801
2005	1,435
2006	791
2007	1,149
2008	998
2009	1,366
2010	862
2011	1,166
2012	1,676
2013	1,193
2014	469
2015	743
2016	692
2017	705
2018	660
2019	660
2020	477
2021	386
2022	588
2023	540
2024	485
2025	493
2026	581

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	110
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1