Weather Records on 18 July 2010

878 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 July 2010. Highest significance: Cape Sorell, AU.

Key Facts for 18 July 2010

On 18 July 2010, 878 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
582 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 844 daily.
Cape Sorell set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 18 July 2010.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

878 stations

878 station records on 18 July 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 July 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Liberec	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barnaul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kihnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Korf	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Korf	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hatyryk-Homo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Novi Sad	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skjomen_Slettjord	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cristina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Padre Aldamiz	Peru	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	193.3 mm (7.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vuonatjviken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ruoqiang	China	Record high maximum temperature	43.8 C (110.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dikanas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuyo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sardis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ruzyne	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chalco -San Lucas-	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

878 records

Records set or tied on 18 July 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 222, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 360, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 148.

Records on 18 July 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	222
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	360
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 July 2010 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 18, daily 844.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

644 broken records

Margins by which the 644 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 July 2010

Top 20 records on 18 July 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 July 2010	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 July 2010	Liberec, CZ	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Barnaul, RU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Kihnu, EE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Korf, RU	all-time high max	29.7 C (85.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Korf, RU	all-time high min	16.6 C (61.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Grundy, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Elliston, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Sioux Rapids, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Siliguri, IN	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	San Francisco, MX	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Hatyryk-Homo, RU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Novi Sad, RS	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	123 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Skjomen_Slettjord, SE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Mansfield 4 NW, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Santa Cristina, MX	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Padre Aldamiz, PE	all-time low min	0.9 C (33.6 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2010	Wanyuan, CN	daily rain	193.3 mm (7.6 in)	94.9 mm (3.7 in)	12 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2010. 2010 had 878 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 2010-07-18: 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	616
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1