Weather Records on 18 April 1957

629 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1957. Highest significance: Goulds Country Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 18 April 1957

On 18 April 1957, 629 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 618 daily.
Goulds Country Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 129.8 mm (5.1 in) on 18 April 1957.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

629 stations

629 station records on 18 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blessington Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ballandool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woolmers Settlement	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winton (Nioka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Forquilha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dingwall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

629 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 508, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	508
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 618.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

583 broken records

Margins by which the 583 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1957

Top 20 records on 18 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1957	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1957	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1957	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Fort Frances, CA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Ormley, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Acude Bonito, BR	daily rain	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Orovada 3 W, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Wyandra Railway St, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Mudgee (George Street), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Branxholm (Stoke Street), AU	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Blessington Upper, AU	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Oatlands Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1957	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	45 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 629 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	506
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2