Weather Records on 18 October 1946

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1946. Highest significance: Beardstown, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 1946

On 18 October 1946, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 343 daily.
Beardstown set an all-time record daily precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 18 October 1946.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 18 October 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dhenkanal	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Baliapal	India	Record daily precipitation	371.6 mm (14.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rajathgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boko	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Talcher	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chandi	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bonth	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kakatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dudhi	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Mad Rvr St	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mandakata	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 18 October 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 October 1946 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 343.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

295 broken records

Margins by which the 295 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 144.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1946

Top 20 records on 18 October 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1946	Beardstown, US	all-time rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1946	Hannibal 1 N, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1946	Brunswick, US	monthly rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Dhenkanal, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Sandheads, IN	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Baliapal, IN	all-time rain	371.6 mm (14.6 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Haringhata, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Kitchener, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Charlotte, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Rajathgarh, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Bluffton Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Knoxville, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Gondwara(Kohra), IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Borio, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Borsat, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Waukee, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Monroe, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Quincy Mem Brg, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1946	Boko, IN	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	34 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 355 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	247
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1