Weather Records on 18 July 1936

665 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 July 1936. Highest significance: Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed), RU.

Key Facts for 18 July 1936

On 18 July 1936, 665 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
532 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 53 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 595 daily.
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed) set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 18 July 1936.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

665 stations

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

Weather records on 18 July 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	49.4 C (120.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	48.9 C (120.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsganj	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

665 records

Records set or tied on 18 July 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 288, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 244, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 103.

Records on 18 July 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	288
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	244
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 July 1936 by timescale: all-time 53, monthly 17, daily 595.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

486 broken records

Margins by which the 486 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 July 1936

Top 20 records on 18 July 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 July 1936	Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed), RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Muzaffarnagar, IN	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Marion 1 N, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Americus, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Neosho, US	all-time high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Pawhuska, US	all-time high max	46.7 C (116.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Cottonwood Falls, US	all-time high max	47.8 C (118.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Newton, US	all-time high max	47.2 C (117.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Greensboro, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Winfield 3NE, US	all-time high max	46.1 C (115.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	W Pt, US	daily high min	32.2 C (90.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	all-time high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Warracknabeal (Ailsa), AU	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Attabari, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1936	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1936	Fredonia, US	all-time high max	49.4 C (120.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1936	Medicine Lodge, US	all-time high max	46.1 C (115.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	34 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 665 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	457
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2