Weather Records on 18 May 1935

400 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 May 1935. Highest significance: Thomas River (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 18 May 1935

On 18 May 1935, 400 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 209 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 392 daily.
Thomas River (Sar) set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 18 May 1935.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

400 stations

400 station records on 18 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

400 records

Records set or tied on 18 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 125, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 18 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	125
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 392.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 368.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 May 1935

Top 20 records on 18 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 May 1935	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 May 1935	Waterdale, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Canon City, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Taos, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Woodward, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Coldwater, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Dharmavaram, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Lake Moraine, US	daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Cheesman, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Weatherford, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Manassa, US	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1935	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1935	Childress 3 W, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1935	Oxford, GB	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1935	Hoxie, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1935	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	33 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

1796 to 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1935. 1935 had 400 records.

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

Records on 05-18 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1798	1
1802	2
1832	1
1833	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1855	1
1859	1
1861	2
1863	3
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1874	2
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1891	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	5
1896	2
1897	2
1898	1
1899	1
1900	13
1901	6
1902	9
1903	7
1904	11
1905	2
1906	24
1907	18
1908	5
1909	12
1910	50
1911	64
1912	5
1913	11
1914	45
1915	55
1916	74
1917	30
1918	42
1919	30
1920	26
1921	41
1922	33
1923	61
1924	92
1925	220
1926	133
1927	180
1928	160
1929	193
1930	475
1931	191
1932	460
1933	380
1934	390
1935	400
1936	282
1937	348
1938	382
1939	169
1940	315
1941	334
1942	421
1943	744
1944	496
1945	706
1946	651
1947	231
1948	426
1949	597
1950	473
1951	279
1952	493
1953	393
1954	498
1955	848
1956	795
1957	595
1958	334
1959	435
1960	404
1961	187
1962	1,199
1963	477
1964	329
1965	345
1966	438
1967	410
1968	817
1969	865
1970	703
1971	666
1972	499
1973	1,233
1974	1,097
1975	383
1976	733
1977	1,126
1978	1,090
1979	399
1980	614
1981	1,218
1982	452
1983	1,093
1984	717
1985	498
1986	1,131
1987	823
1988	1,154
1989	721
1990	753
1991	1,218
1992	921
1993	707
1994	1,015
1995	1,849
1996	1,767
1997	1,115
1998	1,060
1999	584
2000	922
2001	898
2002	1,833
2003	1,270
2004	847
2005	630
2006	1,493
2007	1,133
2008	999
2009	1,368
2010	894
2011	1,406
2012	523
2013	816
2014	609
2015	785
2016	597
2017	1,855
2018	557
2019	810
2020	706
2021	418
2022	711
2023	554
2024	551
2025	619
2026	1,131

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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 50	318
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1