Weather Records on 18 April 1942

287 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1942. Highest significance: Ulysses 3NE, US.

Key Facts for 18 April 1942

On 18 April 1942, 287 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 277 daily.
Ulysses 3NE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 88.4 mm (3.5 in) on 18 April 1942.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

287 stations

287 station records on 18 April 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo City Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbres	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taos Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taos Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minneola	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbres	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

287 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 15.

Records on 18 April 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 April 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1942

Top 20 records on 18 April 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1942	Ulysses 3NE, US	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1942	Springfield, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Colby, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Culbertson, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Lakin, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Kenton, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Leoti, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Cheesman, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Pueblo City Rsvr, US	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Goodland, US	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Healy, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Holly, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Two Buttes, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Benkelman 1N, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Cerro, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Lennoxville, CA	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1942	Coldwater, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 287 records.

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

Records on 04-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	2
1815	1
1838	1
1847	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	3
1854	3
1855	1
1865	4
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1875	4
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1884	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	5
1894	7
1895	2
1896	3
1897	5
1898	8
1899	2
1900	2
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	9
1905	12
1906	18
1907	17
1908	37
1909	19
1910	19
1911	25
1912	21
1913	26
1914	38
1915	31
1916	22
1917	40
1918	76
1919	16
1920	64
1921	58
1922	85
1923	107
1924	101
1925	154
1926	322
1927	391
1928	323
1929	126
1930	113
1931	173
1932	326
1933	211
1934	391
1935	264
1936	483
1937	477
1938	711
1939	525
1940	322
1941	496
1942	287
1943	298
1944	259
1945	371
1946	357
1947	444
1948	932
1949	345
1950	244
1951	658
1952	536
1953	1,322
1954	442
1955	817
1956	467
1957	629
1958	370
1959	468
1960	320
1961	520
1962	484
1963	662
1964	449
1965	363
1966	776
1967	882
1968	867
1969	795
1970	771
1971	1,106
1972	470
1973	953
1974	326
1975	751
1976	1,309
1977	717
1978	803
1979	841
1980	842
1981	708
1982	616
1983	2,082
1984	625
1985	1,119
1986	622
1987	1,068
1988	936
1989	625
1990	1,368
1991	780
1992	702
1993	730
1994	1,218
1995	1,601
1996	826
1997	1,256
1998	1,011
1999	1,428
2000	912
2001	1,487
2002	2,084
2003	969
2004	846
2005	622
2006	1,262
2007	675
2008	913
2009	624
2010	478
2011	1,122
2012	744
2013	2,509
2014	534
2015	519
2016	973
2017	588
2018	1,202
2019	601
2020	770
2021	592
2022	1,013
2023	739
2024	641
2025	997
2026	498

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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	237
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1