Weather Records on 18 October 1957

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1957. Highest significance: Waterford, ZA.

Key Facts for 18 October 1957

On 18 October 1957, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 214 daily.
Waterford set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.0 mm (3.9 in) on 18 October 1957.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

220 stations

220 station records on 18 October 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mafeteng	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nadiad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bersimis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkoenkrans (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Repatek	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 18 October 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 October 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 214.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

180 broken records

Margins by which the 180 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1957

Top 20 records on 18 October 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1957	Waterford, ZA	monthly rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1957	Inverell Comparison, AU	all-time high min	27.5 C (81.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Wonderboom, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Aurora, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Mokakchung, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Trompsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Cyferfontein, ZA	monthly rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Seward AP, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Hamelfontein, ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Mountain View, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Dhakuakhana, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Carway, CA	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Carway, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Pickens 1, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Lillydale, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1957	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1957	Quebec, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	77 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1957	Quebec, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	77 years	32 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 220 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 10	138
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2