Weather Records on 18 April 1998

1,011 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 1998. Highest significance: Americus, US.

Key Facts for 18 April 1998

On 18 April 1998, 1,011 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
378 were record highs and 386 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 987 daily.
Americus set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 18 April 1998.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

1,011 stations

1,011 station records on 18 April 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nye #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waghausel-Kirrlach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Midville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guffey 10 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Billy Creek	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula Wildlife Ref	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salyersville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arroyo Frio	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alamosa-Bergman Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,011 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 184, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 202, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 18 April 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	184
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	202
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 18 April 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 21, daily 987.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

793 broken records

Margins by which the 793 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 1998

Top 20 records on 18 April 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 1998	Americus, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	97 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 April 1998	Nye #2, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Preston, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Waghausel-Kirrlach, DE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Cuttening, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Midville Exp STN, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Bamberg, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Paonia 1SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Fulton 3 W, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Columbia UNIV of Sc, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Warburton Airfield, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	St Francisville, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Belka, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Biser, RU	daily low min	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Ruston la Tech, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Water Valley, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Nungarin, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	79 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 1998	Livingston, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	79 years	40 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1998. 1998 had 1,011 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 25	760
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1