Weather Records on 18 April 1992

702 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1992. Highest significance: Wibaux 2 E, US.

Key Facts for 18 April 1992

On 18 April 1992, 702 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 681 daily.
Wibaux 2 E set a daily record precipitation of 47.5 mm (1.9 in) on 18 April 1992.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

702 stations

702 station records on 18 April 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mizpah 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corfu	Greece	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trotters 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Paraiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keene 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bredette	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brockway 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Peck Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Redstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Katy City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Terry 21 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Motul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shonkin 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Teocaltiche (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alfoten II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stadlandet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman 12 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mackenzie	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

702 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 300, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 18 April 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	300
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 18 April 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 681.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

580 broken records

Margins by which the 580 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1992

Top 20 records on 18 April 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1992	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1992	Kingsville, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	86 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1992	Lindsay, US	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1992	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1992	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Tomball, US	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Plentywood, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Rock Springs, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Sidney, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Cuero, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Pierce 1 E, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Stevens Pass, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Mizpah 4 NNW, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Williston Exp Farm, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Bulloo Downs, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Corfu, GR	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Trotters 3 SSE, US	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Fazenda Paraiso, BR	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Rushville, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1992	Spencer 1 N, US	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	70 years	46 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1992. 1992 had 702 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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Data for records on 1992-04-18: 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	511
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1