Weather Records on 18 October 1954

621 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1954. Highest significance: Weribone, AU.

Key Facts for 18 October 1954

On 18 October 1954, 621 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 606 daily.
Weribone set a daily record precipitation of 51.1 mm (2.0 in) on 18 October 1954.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

621 stations

621 station records on 18 October 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah (Yarraby Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Baroota Reservoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kangayam	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lerida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pikedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
North Yancho	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (the Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

621 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 463, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 18 October 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	463
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 18 October 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

561 broken records

Margins by which the 561 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1954

Top 20 records on 18 October 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1954	Weribone, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1954	Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1954	Surat, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1954	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1954	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Morven Post Office, AU	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Wilcannia (Billilla), AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Tor Downs, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Hatfield (Benilkie), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Collingwood, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Boggabilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Orange Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Rockley Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Mtunzini, ZA	daily rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Prairie Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Maude (Nap Nap), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1954	Goodooga (Willawillingbah), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	47 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1954. 1954 had 621 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	488
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1