Weather Records on 13 July 2018

435 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 2018. Highest significance: Ladysmith 3W, US.

Key Facts for 13 July 2018

On 13 July 2018, 435 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
243 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 430 daily.
Ladysmith 3W set a daily record precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 13 July 2018.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

435 stations

435 station records on 13 July 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Aguila	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ambodedjo	Mali	Record low minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Painted Desert Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
White Horse Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moundou	Chad	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Dam 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chino Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuzigoot	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Wilson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record high minimum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lavon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

435 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 140.

Records on 13 July 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

337 broken records

Margins by which the 337 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 2018

Top 20 records on 13 July 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 2018	Ladysmith 3W, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 July 2018	Aguila, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 July 2018	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Reserve Rs, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Howard, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	113 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Canton, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Alexandria, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	113 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Ambodedjo, ML	daily low min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Lumberton, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	107 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Escanaba, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Bahraich, IN	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Newport, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	103 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Madrid, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily high min	21.8 C (71.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Painted Desert Np, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Mullen 3S, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Jerome, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Rock Rapids, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2018	Norwich, US	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	41 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

1795 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2018. 2018 had 435 records.

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

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	708
2026	1,123

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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 10	284
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1