Weather Records on 18 October 1930

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1930. Highest significance: Whitefish Pt, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 1930

On 18 October 1930, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 421 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 503 daily.
Whitefish Pt set a monthly record daily snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 18 October 1930.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 18 October 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Kaluga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalcowinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 286, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 135, Heaviest daily rainfall 37, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 October 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	286
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	135
Heaviest daily rainfall	37
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 October 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 199.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1930

Top 20 records on 18 October 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1930	Whitefish Pt, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	19.9 cm (7.8 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1930	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1930	Nanaimo, CA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1930	Stratford, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Glacier, CA	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Oconto 4 W, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Florence, US	daily low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Steveston, CA	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Anacortes, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Stevens Pt, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Green Bay, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Stratford, CA	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Prairie du Chien, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Ravensfield, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Nyngan (Kaluga), AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Nevertire (Clyde St), AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1930	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	42 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1930. 1930 had 507 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 25	394
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1