Weather Records on 18 April 1960

320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1960. Highest significance: Reasi, IN.

Key Facts for 18 April 1960

On 18 April 1960, 320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 319 daily.
Reasi set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 18 April 1960.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

320 stations

320 station records on 18 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shannon Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnel Camp	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsa	India	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhiwani	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matapedia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundi	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

320 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 319.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

240 broken records

Margins by which the 240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1960

Top 20 records on 18 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1960	Reasi, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1960	Franklin, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1960	Digby, CA	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1960	Fayette, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1960	Grant City, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1960	Parrsboro, CA	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Natashquan A, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	62 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	St Tite, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Ephrata, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Quilcene 2 SW, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Fort McPherson, CA	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	65 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Cortland, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Chelsea, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Woodstock, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1960	Shannon Hec, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	26 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 320 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	225
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1