Weather Records on 18 October 1934

222 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1934. Highest significance: Warrensburg 4NW, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 1934

On 18 October 1934, 222 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 219 daily.
Warrensburg 4NW set a daily record precipitation of 56.6 mm (2.2 in) on 18 October 1934.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

222 stations

222 station records on 18 October 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muriel Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Moira Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suntop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

222 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 18 October 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 18 October 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 219.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

182 broken records

Margins by which the 182 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1934

Top 20 records on 18 October 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1934	Warrensburg 4NW, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1934	Kursk, RU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1934	Lamar 7N, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1934	Muriel Tank, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1934	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1934	Shawnee, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1934	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1934	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1934	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1934	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1934	Sivakasi, IN	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1934	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1934	York, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1934	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1934	Hillston (Hunthawang), AU	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1934	Kamuthi, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1934	Santa Barbara, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1934	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1934	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1934	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	28 years	24 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1934. 1934 had 222 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	158
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1