Weather Records on 18 July 1982

749 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 July 1982. Highest significance: Kirksville, US.

Key Facts for 18 July 1982

On 18 July 1982, 749 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
320 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 725 daily.
Kirksville set a daily record precipitation of 104.4 mm (4.1 in) on 18 July 1982.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

749 stations

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

Weather records on 18 July 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narandiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Pari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Hill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gigant	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gorodovikovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chaparaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coronel Macedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barao de Antonina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

749 records

Records set or tied on 18 July 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 239, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 247.

Records on 18 July 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	239
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 July 1982 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 19, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 181.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 July 1982

Top 20 records on 18 July 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 July 1982	Kirksville, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 July 1982	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 July 1982	Green Bay, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 July 1982	Boone, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 July 1982	Nazare, BR	monthly rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Angoon Pwr, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Jewell, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Grindstone Island, CA	daily low min	7.1 C (44.8 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Khlong Yai, TH	daily rain	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Onawa 3NW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Washington, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Coffeeville, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Celina, RU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Big Rapids Wtp, US	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Narandiba, BR	monthly rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Chariton 1 E, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Illinois City Dam 16, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Iowa City, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1982	Webster City, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	43 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 749 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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Data for records on 1982-07-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	525
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1