Weather Records on 18 March 1930

261 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1930. Highest significance: Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU.

Key Facts for 18 March 1930

On 18 March 1930, 261 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 260 daily.
Taree (Radio Station 2Re) set a daily record precipitation of 89.4 mm (3.5 in) on 18 March 1930.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

261 stations

261 station records on 18 March 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pulletop (Matta Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Kaluga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

261 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 20.

Records on 18 March 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 March 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 260.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

227 broken records

Margins by which the 227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1930

Top 20 records on 18 March 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1930	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1930	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1930	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1930	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1930	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1930	Waterloo, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1930	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1930	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	Bisbee, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	New Martinsville 4 NNE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	Bendemeer (Caroline St), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	Concord Walker Hospital, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	Rugby, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1930	Pulletop (Matta Mia), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	24 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

1806 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1930. 1930 had 261 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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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	196
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2