Weather Records on 18 October 1963

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1963. Highest significance: Abilene, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 1963

On 18 October 1963, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
335 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 490 daily.
Abilene set a daily record precipitation of 56.9 mm (2.2 in) on 18 October 1963.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 18 October 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trona	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sheoganj	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Junction City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis St Louis UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jawaja	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Khandala	India	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Protem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dufur	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehorn	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowbells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paw Paw	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamiota	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehorn	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 146.

Records on 18 October 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 October 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1963

Top 20 records on 18 October 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1963	Abilene, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Chapman, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Trona, US	all-time rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Enterprise, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Sheoganj, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Junction City, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Khilchipur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	St Louis St Louis UNIV, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Jawaja, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Conception, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Tarkio, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Khandala, IN	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1963	Russell, CA	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1963	Steelville 2 N, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1963	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	83 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1963	Fayette, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1963	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1963	Protem, ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1963	Swellendam (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	68 years	30 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 492 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	299
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2