Weather Records on 18 October 1999

773 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1999. Highest significance: Enfield, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 1999

On 18 October 1999, 773 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 489 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 753 daily.
Enfield set a daily record precipitation of 109.2 mm (4.3 in) on 18 October 1999.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

773 stations

773 station records on 18 October 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Williamston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	194.1 mm (7.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Back Bay Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Falcon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jonuta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kurri Kurri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arcola	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Loris 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holland 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nantucket Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
William O Huske L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Painter 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Slana	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portaceli	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

773 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 226, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 263, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 18 October 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	226
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	263
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 18 October 1999 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 753.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1999

Top 20 records on 18 October 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1999	Enfield, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1999	Lumberton, US	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1999	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	88 years	71 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1999	Williamston 1 E, US	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Edenton, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Red Springs 1 SE, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Wallaceton-Lake Drummond, US	monthly rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	194.1 mm (7.6 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Back Bay Wr, US	monthly rain	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Hatteras, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Kinston 7 SE, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Smithfield, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Dunn 4 NW, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Falcon Dam, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1999	Jonuta, MX	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	49 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1999. 1999 had 773 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	546
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1