Weather Records on 10 May 1918

105 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1918. Highest significance: Corny Point Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 10 May 1918

On 10 May 1918, 105 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 104 daily.
Corny Point Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 10 May 1918.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

105 stations

105 station records on 10 May 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Corny Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Pamatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

105 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 10 May 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 May 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 104.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

98 broken records

Margins by which the 98 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1918

Top 20 records on 10 May 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1918	Corny Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1918	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1918	Hawker (Warcowie), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1918	Lyndoch, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Normanville, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Balaklava, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Stansbury, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Paskeville, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	7 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Marree Comparison, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	65 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Wellington Station, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1918	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 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

1805 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1918. 1918 had 105 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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 5	47
5 to 10	23
10 to 15	18
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1