Weather Records on 18 October 1916

64 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1916. Highest significance: St Albans, CA.

Key Facts for 18 October 1916

On 18 October 1916, 64 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 62 daily.
St Albans set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 18 October 1916.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

64 stations

64 station records on 18 October 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Roseberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

64 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 18 October 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 October 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 62.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

50 broken records

Margins by which the 50 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1916

Top 20 records on 18 October 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1916	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1916	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	monthly low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Chattanooga Wb City, US	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Metten, DE	daily rain	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Lakefield, CA	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	13 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Hamilton, CA	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Port Dover, CA	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1916	Wellwood, ZA	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	25 years	15 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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1916. 1916 had 64 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	45
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1