Weather Records on 18 July 1957

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 July 1957. Highest significance: Vastervik, SE.

Key Facts for 18 July 1957

On 18 July 1957, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 321 daily.
Vastervik set a daily record precipitation of 38.8 mm (1.5 in) on 18 July 1957.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

325 stations

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

Weather records on 18 July 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bhatagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kharagpur India Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barjora	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chhata	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhatagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Siksjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jaura	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Castro Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jatusana	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalpi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cardston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 18 July 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 129.

Records on 18 July 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 July 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

244 broken records

Margins by which the 244 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 July 1957

Top 20 records on 18 July 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 July 1957	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1957	Bowning (Wanganui), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1957	Welbedacht, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1957	Marion, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1957	Wytheville, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1957	Rajnandgaon, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1957	Mariyna Gorka, BY	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1957	Bhatagaon, IN	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1957	Kharagpur India Aab, IN	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1957	Newcastle, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1957	Borsat, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1957	Titusville, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1957	Roseau, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1957	Marseilles-Marignane, FR	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1957	Barjora, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1957	Tamluk, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1957	Chhata, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1957	Odesa, UA	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1957	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 1957	Stuart, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	30 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 325 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	198
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1