Weather Records on 18 October 2000

823 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 2000. Highest significance: Normanville, AU.

Key Facts for 18 October 2000

On 18 October 2000, 823 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
346 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 808 daily.
Normanville set a daily record precipitation of 40.4 mm (1.6 in) on 18 October 2000.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

823 stations

823 station records on 18 October 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Neptune Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Ninamanima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lajamanu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parawa (Sharon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Allandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hindmarsh Valley (Fernbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Turkey Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hindmarsh Valley (Springmount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Argyle Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

823 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 339.

Records on 18 October 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	339
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 October 2000 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 808.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

692 broken records

Margins by which the 692 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 2000

Top 20 records on 18 October 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 2000	Normanville, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2000	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	90 years	77 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2000	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	90 years	75 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2000	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2000	Penneshaw, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2000	Warooka, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2000	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2000	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2000	Goolwa Council Depot, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2000	Yorketown, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	91 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2000	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2000	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2000	Yankalilla, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2000	Elliston, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2000	Yeelanna, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2000	Kingscote (Karinga), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2000	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2000	Lock, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2000	Yankalilla (Inman Valley), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2000	Hondo, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	85 years	56 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2000. 2000 had 823 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	570
10 to 20	77
20 to 30	31
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1