Weather Records on 18 October 2001

818 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 2001. Highest significance: Milingimbi, AU.

Key Facts for 18 October 2001

On 18 October 2001, 818 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
285 were record highs and 338 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 802 daily.
Milingimbi set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 18 October 2001.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

818 stations

818 station records on 18 October 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	332.0 mm (13.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shiptons Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Juarez (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Point Lookout Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tokmak	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caltex Refineries (Qld) Ltd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beja	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malkal	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canelas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Alma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Proston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands Hrs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fordsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Blas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perseverance Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peranga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victory Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koumac (Nlle-Caledo	New Caledonia [France]	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nobby Tooth St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Forest Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Radar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jomo Kenyatta Intl	Kenya	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

818 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 190, Heaviest daily rainfall 178, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 18 October 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	190
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 18 October 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 802.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

603 broken records

Margins by which the 603 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 151.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 2001

Top 20 records on 18 October 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 2001	Milingimbi, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Oakey Aero, AU	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Alderley, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Hachijojima, JP	daily rain	332.0 mm (13.1 in)	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Shiptons Flat, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Valle de Juarez (Dge), MX	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Misantla, MX	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Moonmera, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Agartala, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Mount Larcom Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Point Lookout Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Sewanee, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Luling, US	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Laghouat, DZ	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Belmont Csiro, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Yabba Station, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Tokmak, KG	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Mountainair, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2001	Goomeri Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	39 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2001. 2001 had 818 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	567
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1