Weather Records on 18 May 1936

282 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 May 1936. Highest significance: Noupoort, ZA.

Key Facts for 18 May 1936

On 18 May 1936, 282 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 281 daily.
Noupoort set a daily record precipitation of 27.7 mm (1.1 in) on 18 May 1936.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

282 stations

282 station records on 18 May 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 May 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shahjahanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faridpur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

282 records

Records set or tied on 18 May 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 18 May 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 May 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 281.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 May 1936

Top 20 records on 18 May 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 May 1936	Noupoort, ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1936	Shahjahanpur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 May 1936	Washington, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Concord, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Fairmont, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily low max	12.0 C (53.6 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Princeton, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Haparanda, SE	daily high max	22.3 C (72.1 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Shikarpur, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Morgantown 1, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	59 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Tadpatri, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Chickmagalur, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Jennings, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Gop, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 May 1936	Gidhour, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	23 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

1796 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1936. 1936 had 282 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 10	203
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1