Weather Records on 18 April 1982

616 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1982. Highest significance: Enosburg Falls, US.

Key Facts for 18 April 1982

On 18 April 1982, 616 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 598 daily.
Enosburg Falls set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 18 April 1982.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

616 stations

616 station records on 18 April 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Elbow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Keurboomsrivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tugaske	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jesus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paupack 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Juremal (Jurema)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strongfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tolcayuca	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tataira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ormiston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Raimundo Nonato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dolinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chileka	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Oak 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eagles Mere	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

616 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 18 April 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 18 April 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

500 broken records

Margins by which the 500 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1982

Top 20 records on 18 April 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1982	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1982	Elbow, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Keurboomsrivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Valencia, ES	monthly rain	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Scott Cda, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Pogranichnoe, RU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Freeland, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Tugaske, CA	daily snowfall	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Hawley 1 E, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Areia (Ufpb), BR	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Bom Jesus, BR	monthly rain	157.2 mm (6.2 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Alicante, ES	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Bloukrans (Bos), ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Paupack 1 WSW, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Juremal (Jurema), BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras), BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1982	Strongfield, CA	daily snowfall	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	16 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1982. 1982 had 616 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 50	483
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2