Weather Records on 18 July 2016

609 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 July 2016. Highest significance: Cardwell Marine Pde, AU.

Key Facts for 18 July 2016

On 18 July 2016, 609 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
372 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 580 daily.
Cardwell Marine Pde set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.0 mm (3.4 in) on 18 July 2016.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

609 stations

609 station records on 18 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.2 mm (5.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Burleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blockton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paluma Ivy Cottage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gilmore Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cerberus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rensselaer Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guernsey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kerch	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchong	China	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carella Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Isfjord Radio	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Alevina	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waikiki 717.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Greenhill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Neal	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ordynskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Konotop	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray 4NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
King Salmon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwin Mesa Arizona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crediton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ola	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zhytomyr	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malojaroslavec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oviedo	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

609 records

Records set or tied on 18 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 197.

Records on 18 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 19, daily 580.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

483 broken records

Margins by which the 483 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 July 2016

Top 20 records on 18 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 July 2016	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	125 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 July 2016	Bemerside, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 July 2016	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	106 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 July 2016	Mount Larcom Post Office, AU	daily rain	133.2 mm (5.2 in)	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 July 2016	Burleigh Station, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Ingham Composite, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Blockton 1W, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Oakland, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	114 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Paluma Ivy Cottage, AU	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Willcox, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Bedford, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Gilmore Creek, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Cerberus, AU	monthly rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Marre-Sale, RU	daily high min	17.6 C (63.7 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Woodleigh, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Rensselaer Wwtp, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	E Lawai 934, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 July 2016	Guernsey: Airport, GB	all-time high max	32.6 C (90.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	40 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 609 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	920
2014	1,348
2015	746
2016	609
2017	426
2018	699
2019	548
2020	361
2021	674
2022	1,071
2023	867
2024	581
2025	779
2026	806

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Data for records on 2016-07-18: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	458
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1