Weather Records on 18 October 1944

264 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1944. Highest significance: Mount Florance, AU.

Key Facts for 18 October 1944

On 18 October 1944, 264 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 257 daily.
Mount Florance set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 18 October 1944.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

264 stations

264 station records on 18 October 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Westfalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zamenkomst	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donkerhoek-Rainhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Industria	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaatdrift (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Versamelhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irish Lords	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

264 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 18 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 257.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

221 broken records

Margins by which the 221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1944

Top 20 records on 18 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1944	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1944	Gop, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Roodepoort (Mun), ZA	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Jhb-Joubert Park, ZA	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Korba, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Westfalia, ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Jhb-Norwood, ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Ravenshill, ZA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Dwarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Maraisburg (Gm), ZA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Middlekop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Jhb-Vrededorp, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Zamenkomst, ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Jhb-Turffontein, ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1944	Twyfelspoort, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 264 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	182
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1