Weather Records on 18 April 1996

826 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1996. Highest significance: Rio Do Peixe (Mmv), BR.

Key Facts for 18 April 1996

On 18 April 1996, 826 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 813 daily.
Rio Do Peixe (Mmv) set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 18 April 1996.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

826 stations

826 station records on 18 April 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rio Do Peixe (Mmv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tuxtla Gutierrez (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Piquete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Acaiaca-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swifts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lloyd (San Irisido)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Registro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Calcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Picinguaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.9 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itaici	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acapetlahuaya	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	148.0 cm (58.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorjacij Kljuc	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guanhaes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timasevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Usina da Brecha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

826 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 18 April 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 18 April 1996 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 813.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

662 broken records

Margins by which the 662 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 686.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1996

Top 20 records on 18 April 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1996	Rio Do Peixe (Mmv), BR	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Clydebank, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Tuxtla Gutierrez (Dge), MX	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Tongio (Brooklands), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Represa Piquete, BR	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Acaiaca-Jusante, BR	monthly rain	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Tubbut, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Krasnodar, RU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Glen Florrie Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Winning, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Cove 1 E, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Swifts Creek, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Cambridge, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Woodruff, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Hill City 1 W, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1996	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	39 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 826 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 100	639
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1