Weather Records on 18 August 1936

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 August 1936. Highest significance: Nidingen A, SE.

Key Facts for 18 August 1936

On 18 August 1936, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
632 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 72 monthly and 676 daily.
Nidingen A set a daily record precipitation of 53.5 mm (2.1 in) on 18 August 1936.
Across 171 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

766 stations

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

Weather records on 18 August 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Menasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bidhuna	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chomu	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Sioux	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 18 August 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 396, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 236, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 97.

Records on 18 August 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	396
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	236
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 August 1936 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 72, daily 676.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 August 1936

Top 20 records on 18 August 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 August 1936	Nidingen A, SE	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1936	Muenster, DE	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1936	Sironcha, IN	daily rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1936	N Loup, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1936	Morden, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1936	Beaufort, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1936	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1936	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1936	Menasha, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1936	Bidhuna, IN	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1936	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1936	Hartington, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 August 1936	Mercara Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	5 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 August 1936	Chomu, IN	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 August 1936	Alton, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 August 1936	Roseau, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 August 1936	Le Mars, US	all-time high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 August 1936	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 August 1936	Walnut, US	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 August 1936	Carlinville, US	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	41 years	28 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

1797 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1936. 1936 had 766 records.

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

Records on 08-18 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1805	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1830	1
1833	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1869	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1883	3
1885	3
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	6
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1901	10
1902	8
1903	6
1904	8
1905	10
1906	40
1907	7
1908	21
1909	24
1910	16
1911	11
1912	21
1913	43
1914	37
1915	60
1916	71
1917	70
1918	53
1919	34
1920	51
1921	39
1922	129
1923	90
1924	225
1925	300
1926	168
1927	269
1928	141
1929	181
1930	150
1931	241
1932	382
1933	431
1934	638
1935	424
1936	766
1937	308
1938	243
1939	381
1940	434
1941	467
1942	333
1943	738
1944	325
1945	400
1946	416
1947	958
1948	315
1949	393
1950	683
1951	355
1952	405
1953	323
1954	622
1955	795
1956	580
1957	380
1958	580
1959	537
1960	599
1961	415
1962	428
1963	760
1964	443
1965	525
1966	573
1967	623
1968	795
1969	530
1970	597
1971	381
1972	493
1973	734
1974	639
1975	844
1976	917
1977	1,112
1978	854
1979	1,309
1980	771
1981	1,386
1982	563
1983	1,420
1984	600
1985	765
1986	861
1987	1,609
1988	1,351
1989	952
1990	920
1991	533
1992	1,497
1993	706
1994	1,027
1995	1,882
1996	760
1997	1,191
1998	923
1999	888
2000	1,183
2001	1,036
2002	1,306
2003	860
2004	1,050
2005	865
2006	842
2007	1,116
2008	1,265
2009	839
2010	1,167
2011	1,239
2012	1,247
2013	752
2014	751
2015	880
2016	704
2017	565
2018	462
2019	615
2020	1,541
2021	1,118
2022	1,237
2023	1,094
2024	696
2025	455
2026	545

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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	582
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1