Weather Records on 18 October 1955

403 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1955. Highest significance: Aseral, NO.

Key Facts for 18 October 1955

On 18 October 1955, 403 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 395 daily.
Aseral set a daily record snow depth of 32.0 cm (12.6 in) on 18 October 1955.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

403 stations

403 station records on 18 October 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Likatlong	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nasrullaganj	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selwyn Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliakheri	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mulki	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Irene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuitzeo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Phaltan	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indpur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paramirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Itaberaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Katangi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mamogaleskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caesars Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Enzelberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

403 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 18 October 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 18 October 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1955

Top 20 records on 18 October 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1955	Aseral, NO	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1955	Likatlong, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1955	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1955	Nasrullaganj, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1955	Selwyn Wrc, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1955	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1955	North End, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1955	Tacambaro, MX	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1955	Austin #2, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1955	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1955	Mykland, NO	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1955	Boggabri (Penryn), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1955	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1955	San Diego Curupatzeo, MX	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1955	Paisley, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1955	Kaliakheri, IN	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1955	Leeupoort, ZA	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1955	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1955	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1955	Mulki, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	28 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 403 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 50	322
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1