Weather Records on 18 July 1928

108 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 July 1928. Highest significance: Williston Sloulin Fld, US.

Key Facts for 18 July 1928

On 18 July 1928, 108 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 108 daily.
Williston Sloulin Fld set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 18 July 1928.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

108 stations

108 station records on 18 July 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 July 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Florence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Warloo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

108 records

Records set or tied on 18 July 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 43.

Records on 18 July 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 July 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 108.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

79 broken records

Margins by which the 79 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 July 1928

Top 20 records on 18 July 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 July 1928	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1928	Toledo 3N, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1928	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1928	Mohall, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1928	Antigo, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Tasiilaq, GL	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Eastport, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Kingstree, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Hvar, HR	daily high max	34.8 C (94.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Houston Wb City, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Deloraine (Athol), AU	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Adel, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Pinal Rch, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Redbank Post Office, AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Florence #1, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Selma, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1928	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	32 years	17 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

1793 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 108 records.

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

Records on 07-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1801	1
1845	1
1847	1
1851	1
1858	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	1
1866	2
1871	2
1872	1
1874	1
1877	1
1878	4
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	6
1898	2
1899	3
1900	8
1901	5
1902	3
1903	14
1904	7
1905	22
1906	13
1907	12
1908	39
1909	11
1910	33
1911	42
1912	28
1913	21
1914	47
1915	95
1916	235
1917	265
1918	58
1919	38
1920	59
1921	67
1922	138
1923	126
1924	306
1925	217
1926	191
1927	85
1928	108
1929	123
1930	462
1931	382
1932	343
1933	228
1934	502
1935	212
1936	665
1937	334
1938	306
1939	424
1940	352
1941	349
1942	661
1943	277
1944	333
1945	350
1946	334
1947	385
1948	289
1949	521
1950	632
1951	307
1952	597
1953	493
1954	501
1955	423
1956	466
1957	325
1958	475
1959	548
1960	669
1961	280
1962	516
1963	269
1964	523
1965	707
1966	545
1967	735
1968	998
1969	590
1970	530
1971	625
1972	701
1973	976
1974	729
1975	643
1976	1,047
1977	839
1978	881
1979	821
1980	747
1981	624
1982	749
1983	1,071
1984	1,000
1985	582
1986	908
1987	1,845
1988	1,001
1989	1,233
1990	1,053
1991	589
1992	1,135
1993	1,013
1994	720
1995	904
1996	1,157
1997	785
1998	1,169
1999	900
2000	1,214
2001	909
2002	840
2003	1,159
2004	985
2005	1,210
2006	1,285
2007	1,267
2008	593
2009	1,757
2010	878
2011	1,148
2012	1,070
2013	921
2014	1,348
2015	745
2016	609
2017	426
2018	699
2019	548
2020	361
2021	676
2022	1,071
2023	867
2024	581
2025	779
2026	806

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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 18 July 1928
Margin	Records
0 to 10	63
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1