Weather Records on 18 April 2022

1,013 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 April 2022. Highest significance: Bottineau, US.

Key Facts for 18 April 2022

On 18 April 2022, 1,013 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 376 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 1,000 daily.
Bottineau set a daily record snowfall of 13.5 cm (5.3 in) on 18 April 2022.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

1,013 stations

1,013 station records on 18 April 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 April 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Thorhult	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Crag	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fortuna 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hanceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,013 records

Records set or tied on 18 April 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 209, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 167, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 130, Deepest snow cover 80.

Records on 18 April 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	209
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	167
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	130
Deepest snow cover	80

Records on 18 April 2022 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 1,000.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

847 broken records

Margins by which the 847 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 April 2022

Top 20 records on 18 April 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 April 2022	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	100 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2022	Thorhult, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2022	Waskish 4NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 April 2022	Saluda, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	109 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Nyah, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Hawi 168, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Wilmington New Castle Co AP, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	High Pt, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Danville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Cavalier 7NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Raymond Border STN, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	120 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Hallock, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Belcourt Keya Radio, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Phoenixville 1 E, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Shippensburg, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	107 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 April 2022	Danville 2 SE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	49 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2022. 2022 had 1,013 records.

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

Records on 04-18 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	2
1815	1
1838	1
1847	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	3
1854	3
1855	1
1865	4
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1875	4
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1884	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	5
1894	7
1895	2
1896	3
1897	5
1898	8
1899	2
1900	2
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	9
1905	12
1906	18
1907	17
1908	37
1909	19
1910	19
1911	25
1912	21
1913	26
1914	38
1915	31
1916	22
1917	40
1918	76
1919	16
1920	64
1921	58
1922	85
1923	107
1924	101
1925	154
1926	322
1927	391
1928	323
1929	126
1930	113
1931	173
1932	326
1933	211
1934	391
1935	264
1936	483
1937	477
1938	711
1939	525
1940	322
1941	496
1942	287
1943	298
1944	259
1945	371
1946	357
1947	444
1948	932
1949	345
1950	244
1951	658
1952	536
1953	1,322
1954	442
1955	817
1956	467
1957	629
1958	370
1959	468
1960	320
1961	520
1962	484
1963	662
1964	449
1965	363
1966	776
1967	882
1968	867
1969	795
1970	771
1971	1,106
1972	470
1973	953
1974	326
1975	751
1976	1,309
1977	717
1978	803
1979	841
1980	842
1981	708
1982	616
1983	2,082
1984	625
1985	1,119
1986	622
1987	1,068
1988	936
1989	625
1990	1,368
1991	780
1992	702
1993	730
1994	1,218
1995	1,601
1996	826
1997	1,256
1998	1,011
1999	1,428
2000	912
2001	1,487
2002	2,084
2003	969
2004	846
2005	622
2006	1,262
2007	675
2008	913
2009	624
2010	478
2011	1,122
2012	744
2013	2,509
2014	534
2015	519
2016	973
2017	588
2018	1,202
2019	601
2020	770
2021	592
2022	1,013
2023	739
2024	641
2025	997
2026	498

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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	793
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1