Weather Records on 18 April 1979

841 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1979. Highest significance: Huehue 92.1, US.

Key Facts for 18 April 1979

On 18 April 1979, 841 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 823 daily.
Huehue 92.1 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 128.0 mm (5.0 in) on 18 April 1979.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

841 stations

841 station records on 18 April 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Songiston (Mtn STN)	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley (Tupra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Pevensey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wanless	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Divide	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Praia Grande (Parana)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Divide	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kafferrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Do Pinheiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ura-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parkhar	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hovaling	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St John A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spitskop (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Girua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iskanderkul'	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lenindjol	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shakhrinau	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adiake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

841 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 378, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 18 April 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	378
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 18 April 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 823.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

724 broken records

Margins by which the 724 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1092.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1979

Top 20 records on 18 April 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1979	Huehue 92.1, US	monthly rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Songiston (Mtn STN), TJ	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Oxley (Tupra), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Hay (Pevensey), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Wanless, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Divide, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Praia Grande (Parana), BR	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Divide, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Maude (Nap Nap), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Dushanbe, TJ	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Kafferrivier (Pol), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Bairro Do Pinheiro, BR	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Sharon Springs, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Ura-Tyube, TJ	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Memphis, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Arhangelsk, RU	daily low max	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Willow City, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Lawton, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1979	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	92 years	39 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 841 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 200	719
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1