Weather Records on 18 July 1985

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 July 1985. Highest significance: Descanso Rs, US.

Key Facts for 18 July 1985

On 18 July 1985, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 214 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 562 daily.
Descanso Rs set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 18 July 1985.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 18 July 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 July 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Descanso Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
UNIV of Hawaii 713	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haamstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vercniy-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise Beryl Jct	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westkapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dokkum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sacaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Otis	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rennes-St Jacques	France	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuapse	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St. Anna Parochie	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ust'-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wijk_Aan_Zee_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shiraz	Iran	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zandvoort	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ak-Terk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McCarran Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 18 July 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 264.

Records on 18 July 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 July 1985 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 562.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

445 broken records

Margins by which the 445 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 133.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 July 1985

Top 20 records on 18 July 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 July 1985	Descanso Rs, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
18 July 1985	Miami, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Los Reyes, MX	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Wadena 3 S, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Academy 2NE, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	UNIV of Hawaii 713, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Haamstede, NL	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Torungen Fyr, NO	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Orderville, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Goodland, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Vercniy-Gorel'nik, KZ	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Enterprise Beryl Jct, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Stuart, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Dalatangi, IS	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Fairfield, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Huajintlan, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Castricum, NL	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Bjornholt, NO	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 1985	Westkapelle, NL	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	6 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 582 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1985-07-18: 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 2026-10-17 (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	413
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1