Weather Records on 15 July 2018

645 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 2018. Highest significance: Kaca, RU.

Key Facts for 15 July 2018

On 15 July 2018, 645 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
432 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 625 daily.
Kaca set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 15 July 2018.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

645 stations

645 station records on 15 July 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kaca	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Suhinici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Fire Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canyonlands-the Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Festus	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minami Tori Shima Ma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tabligbo	Togo	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villanueva	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alzey	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shangzhi	China	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adler	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nara	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hanna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gourdon	France	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skelleftea_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Manuel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wynne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mitt. Paamiut	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akkuduk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

645 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 298, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 143.

Records on 15 July 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	298
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 2018 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 625.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

478 broken records

Margins by which the 478 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 2018

Top 20 records on 15 July 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 2018	Kaca, RU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 July 2018	Sundance, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2018	Saint Anthony, US	all-time high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Suhinici, RU	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Edwardsville 2 W, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Montgomery AP, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	San Simon, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Valley of Fire Sp, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	St-Girons, FR	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Schwabisch Hall-Bibersfeld, DE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Dickson, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Inhambane, MZ	daily low min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Canyonlands-the Needles, US	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Rushville, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Festus, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2018	Mackay Lost Rvr Rs, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	40 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 645 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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Data for records on 2018-07-15: 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 10	423
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1