Weather Records on 18 October 1914

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1914. Highest significance: Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU.

Key Facts for 18 October 1914

On 18 October 1914, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 50 daily.
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde set a monthly record daily precipitation of 150.6 mm (5.9 in) on 18 October 1914.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 18 October 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eversleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 38.

Records on 18 October 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 October 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 50.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

48 broken records

Margins by which the 48 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1914

Top 20 records on 18 October 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1914	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	monthly rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1914	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1914	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1914	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1914	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1914	Denman (Martindale), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1914	Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1914	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1914	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1914	Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1914	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1914	Camden Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1914	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1914	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1914	Walcha Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1914	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1914	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1914	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1914	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1914	Coonamble (Wingadee), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1914. 1914 had 52 records.

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

Records on 10-18 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1799	1
1806	1
1807	1
1810	1
1811	2
1817	1
1832	1
1835	1
1836	1
1843	1
1846	2
1848	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	2
1877	2
1879	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1897	6
1898	5
1899	12
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	9
1904	12
1905	27
1906	17
1907	11
1908	44
1909	23
1910	50
1911	22
1912	12
1913	26
1914	52
1915	12
1916	64
1917	109
1918	24
1919	31
1920	87
1921	87
1922	59
1923	114
1924	151
1925	153
1926	149
1927	309
1928	316
1929	190
1930	507
1931	350
1932	446
1933	264
1934	222
1935	360
1936	483
1937	671
1938	536
1939	475
1940	532
1941	240
1942	332
1943	844
1944	264
1945	398
1946	355
1947	965
1948	1,128
1949	665
1950	996
1951	325
1952	394
1953	678
1954	621
1955	403
1956	578
1957	220
1958	407
1959	246
1960	612
1961	362
1962	252
1963	492
1964	311
1965	1,066
1966	613
1967	405
1968	737
1969	789
1970	501
1971	1,199
1972	1,581
1973	789
1974	746
1975	779
1976	1,326
1977	533
1978	545
1979	555
1980	1,024
1981	680
1982	654
1983	684
1984	1,331
1985	831
1986	344
1987	518
1988	733
1989	1,196
1990	1,043
1991	999
1992	1,295
1993	1,051
1994	1,296
1995	1,227
1996	795
1997	1,240
1998	1,323
1999	773
2000	823
2001	818
2002	878
2003	1,097
2004	1,156
2005	755
2006	1,328
2007	1,298
2008	531
2009	1,546
2010	634
2011	736
2012	741
2013	430
2014	690
2015	915
2016	1,511
2017	590
2018	759
2019	346
2020	957
2021	387
2022	1,334
2023	693
2024	1,142
2025	367

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 18 October 1914
Margin	Records
0 to 10	27
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2