Weather Records on 28 October 1918

79 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1918. Highest significance: Collarenebri (Albert St), AU.

Key Facts for 28 October 1918

On 28 October 1918, 79 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 79 daily.
Collarenebri (Albert St) set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 28 October 1918.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

79 stations

79 station records on 28 October 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Toongabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gowar East (Rahina Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

79 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 19.

Records on 28 October 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 October 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 79.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

67 broken records

Margins by which the 67 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 18.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1918

Top 20 records on 28 October 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1918	Collarenebri (Albert St), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Washington, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Morgantown 1, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Ottawa, CA	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Storrs, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Northfield, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	State College, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	18 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	9 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	17 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Wickliffe, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Ottawa, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	4 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 October 1918	Port Dover, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	18 years	13 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

1802 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1918. 1918 had 79 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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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 3	46
3 to 5	15
5 to 8	4
8 to 10	1
10 to 13	0
13 to 15	0
15 to 18	0
18 to 20	1