Weather Records on 18 October 1975

779 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1975. Highest significance: Elberton 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 1975

On 18 October 1975, 779 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 746 daily.
Elberton 2 N set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 18 October 1975.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

779 stations

779 station records on 18 October 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mianelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Newport River	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Speddingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Canajoharie	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Senecaville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrone Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brushy Run	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Ituere	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ford Lock 1O	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charles Mill Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balancan de Dominguez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesburg 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Forge 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

779 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 612.

Records on 18 October 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	612
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 October 1975 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 746.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

702 broken records

Margins by which the 702 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1975

Top 20 records on 18 October 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1975	Elberton 2 N, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1975	Carrollton 3 NNE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1975	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1975	Mianelup, AU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1975	Ironton, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1975	Newport River, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Jackson 3 NW, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Monticello, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Circleville, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Speddingup, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Roxby Downs Station, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Canajoharie, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Morganton, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Washington Court House, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Jam Vale, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Danville, US	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Barnesville, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1975	Senecaville Lake, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	53 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1975. 1975 had 779 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	557
20 to 40	119
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3