Weather Records on 18 October 1983

684 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1983. Highest significance: Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re, AU.

Key Facts for 18 October 1983

On 18 October 1983, 684 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 678 daily.
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re set a daily record precipitation of 52.2 mm (2.1 in) on 18 October 1983.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

684 stations

684 station records on 18 October 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Green Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tejolocachi (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boxian	China	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Galeana	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jacupiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Venadero (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guanghua	China	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Lucia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tesia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tepacaltepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Etchojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Igarapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zacatecas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heritage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Potrerillos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Grullo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huaquechula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Mezquital	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Javier	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pedregulho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mairipora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

684 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 357, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 October 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 October 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 678.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

594 broken records

Margins by which the 594 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1983

Top 20 records on 18 October 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1983	Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re, AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Virginia, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Madera, MX	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Green Forest, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Tejolocachi (Smn), MX	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Woodleigh, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Boxian, CN	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Navojoa, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	San Bernardo (Smn), MX	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Quiriego (Smn), MX	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Galeana, MX	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Villa Ahumada, MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Jacupiranga, BR	daily rain	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Venadero (Dge), MX	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Metapa de Dominguez, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Huichapan, MX	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Los Reyes, MX	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1983	Guanghua, CN	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	41 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1983. 1983 had 684 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	447
10 to 20	68
20 to 30	47
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	14
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2