Weather Records on 18 April 1993

730 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1993. Highest significance: Krasnohrad, UA.

Key Facts for 18 April 1993

On 18 April 1993, 730 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 709 daily.
Krasnohrad set an all-time record daily precipitation of 101.1 mm (4.0 in) on 18 April 1993.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

730 stations

730 station records on 18 April 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Krasnohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kluhorskij Pereval	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Almelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oldebroek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cecilville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bramsche	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Prado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Engelskirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dronten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Echo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Divnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zwieselberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Grove	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elspeet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williams 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Isit	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarkson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arace (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waldhauser (National Park)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chengshantou	China	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wapenveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mogen	Norway	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

730 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 352, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 18 April 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	352
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 18 April 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 709.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

610 broken records

Margins by which the 610 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 420.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1993

Top 20 records on 18 April 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1993	Krasnohrad, UA	all-time rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	79 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1993	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	87 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Kluhorskij Pereval, GE	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Cut Bank AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Valier, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Sun Rvr 4 S, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Beach, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Cascade 5 S, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Viroqua, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Great Falls AP, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Heerde, NL	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Almelo, NL	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Nicosia, CY	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Oldebroek, NL	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Cecilville, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Beach, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Bramsche, DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1993	Fairfield, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	38 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1993. 1993 had 730 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 18 April 1993
Margin	Records
0 to 100	601
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1