Weather Records on 18 October 2004

1,156 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 2004. Highest significance: Vevay, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 2004

On 18 October 2004, 1,156 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
509 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 1,115 daily.
Vevay set a daily record precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 18 October 2004.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

1,156 stations

1,156 station records on 18 October 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Woolners Arm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Volozhin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Crane Nsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vileyka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Exchequer Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorville 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceburg Filt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma Visitors Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Urangan Hibiscus St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yavorov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norah Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Copeton Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Sandy Hill (Booro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Channon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Novogrudok	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeshov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,156 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 503, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 18 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	503
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 18 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 41, daily 1,115.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

901 broken records

Margins by which the 901 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 2004

Top 20 records on 18 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 2004	Vevay, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2004	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	130 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2004	Glendora Fc 287B, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2004	Woolners Arm, AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2004	Yorba Linda, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2004	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Volozhin, BY	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Crane Nsa, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Louisville Intl AP, US	monthly rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Minsk, BY	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	105 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Calaveras Big Trees, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Virden, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Madison Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Vileyka, BY	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2004	Exchequer Dam, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2004. 2004 had 1,156 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	806
20 to 40	71
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1