Weather Records on 18 October 1962

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1962. Highest significance: Curlewis (Wandobah), AU.

Key Facts for 18 October 1962

On 18 October 1962, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 248 daily.
Curlewis (Wandobah) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.6 mm (4.1 in) on 18 October 1962.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

252 stations

252 station records on 18 October 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chiautla de Tapia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hughes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leupp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tohatchi 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allakaket	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deakin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Porumamilla	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Horseshoe Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alattur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waipahu 750	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ammathy	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Fidel 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 18 October 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 October 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 248.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

205 broken records

Margins by which the 205 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1962

Top 20 records on 18 October 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1962	Curlewis (Wandobah), AU	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Ojinaga (Smn), MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Poonampet, IN	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Aunet, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Chiautla de Tapia, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Clifton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Cook, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Hughes, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Roma Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Virajpet, IN	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Leupp, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Luna Rs, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Tohatchi 1 ESE, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Vilatnikulam, IN	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Allakaket, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Deakin, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1962	Kondoolka, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1962	Aiea Fld 764A, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1962	Porumamilla, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1962	Eagle Creek, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	23 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1962. 1962 had 252 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	152
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1