Weather Records on 18 June 2018

968 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 June 2018. Highest significance: Flemington Racecourse, AU.

Key Facts for 18 June 2018

On 18 June 2018, 968 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
554 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 924 daily.
Flemington Racecourse set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 18 June 2018.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

968 stations

968 station records on 18 June 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 June 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cordova N	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Melton Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zhumadian	China	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dupuyer Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown Donalds Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cannery Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Massena Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Two Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greenvale Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Frohner Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brickhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burris	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wis Rapids Grand Av B	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Plenty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Two Ocean Plateau	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crivitz High Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

968 records

Records set or tied on 18 June 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 416, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 325, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 June 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	416
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 June 2018 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 34, daily 924.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

709 broken records

Margins by which the 709 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 June 2018

Top 20 records on 18 June 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 June 2018	Flemington Racecourse, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	111 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 June 2018	New London, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 June 2018	Guba, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 June 2018	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 June 2018	Cordova N, US	monthly rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 June 2018	Melton Reservoir, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 June 2018	Gibson Dam, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 June 2018	Zhumadian, CN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	White Lake 1 SE, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	Dupuyer Creek, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	Isabela Substn, PR	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	Waldron, US	all-time rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	Cooper Lake, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	Camperdown Donalds Hill, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	Seward AP, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	Cannery Creek, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	Massena Intl AP, US	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	Two Rivers, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 June 2018	Marquette, US	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	131 years	51 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 968 records.

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

Records on 06-18 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1802	1
1803	1
1816	1
1821	1
1823	1
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	2
1865	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	10
1902	7
1903	13
1904	5
1905	32
1906	16
1907	21
1908	20
1909	39
1910	15
1911	14
1912	25
1913	29
1914	43
1915	62
1916	29
1917	55
1918	118
1919	65
1920	53
1921	44
1922	57
1923	144
1924	108
1925	246
1926	176
1927	287
1928	205
1929	297
1930	379
1931	267
1932	219
1933	499
1934	335
1935	494
1936	549
1937	301
1938	391
1939	674
1940	620
1941	273
1942	201
1943	173
1944	726
1945	784
1946	532
1947	391
1948	421
1949	734
1950	828
1951	237
1952	435
1953	730
1954	460
1955	721
1956	373
1957	672
1958	532
1959	573
1960	394
1961	979
1962	302
1963	305
1964	840
1965	589
1966	431
1967	308
1968	556
1969	598
1970	486
1971	456
1972	334
1973	861
1974	719
1975	821
1976	508
1977	768
1978	516
1979	581
1980	447
1981	895
1982	736
1983	1,080
1984	716
1985	921
1986	862
1987	925
1988	748
1989	697
1990	795
1991	944
1992	579
1993	834
1994	1,156
1995	1,224
1996	1,004
1997	894
1998	1,600
1999	1,258
2000	1,474
2001	589
2002	1,397
2003	853
2004	1,056
2005	1,014
2006	699
2007	898
2008	628
2009	920
2010	928
2011	952
2012	832
2013	847
2014	732
2015	978
2016	787
2017	839
2018	968
2019	425
2020	572
2021	1,874
2022	1,194
2023	574
2024	1,150
2025	583
2026	830

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Data for records on 2018-06-18: 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	659
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3