Weather Records on 18 October 1926

149 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1926. Highest significance: Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 18 October 1926

On 18 October 1926, 149 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 147 daily.
Kluitjeskraal (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 18 October 1926.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

149 stations

149 station records on 18 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wupperthal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

149 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 38, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 18 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 18 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 147.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

112 broken records

Margins by which the 112 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1926

Top 20 records on 18 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1926	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1926	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1926	Bologna, IT	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	79 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Kamiesberg, ZA	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Galway, IE	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily low min	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	41 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Clontarf, CA	monthly low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	85 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Clanwilliam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	The Towers, ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Wupperthal, ZA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Guelph Oac, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Eersterivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1926	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	41 years	20 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1926. 1926 had 149 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 10	98
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1