Weather Records on 23 April 2018

684 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 2018. Highest significance: Goychay, AZ.

Key Facts for 23 April 2018

On 23 April 2018, 684 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
314 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 664 daily.
Goychay set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 23 April 2018.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

684 stations

684 station records on 23 April 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
E Jordan	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dyersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dachen Dao	China	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marriwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cumming 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plains SW Ga Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Payne	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saucier Exp Forest	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jocassee 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaque Raymond Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Linden Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

684 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 23 April 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 23 April 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 664.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

593 broken records

Margins by which the 593 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 2018

Top 20 records on 23 April 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 2018	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2018	E Jordan, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2018	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2018	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2018	Dyersburg, US	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	110 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2018	Sonnette 7 SW, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2018	Dachen Dao, CN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Beerfelden, DE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Moulton 2, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Dresden, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Monteagle, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Charlevoix, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Cornelia, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Willow Rsvr, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Randleman, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	105 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2018	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	119 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

1800 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2018. 2018 had 684 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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 50	563
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	1