Weather Records on 18 October 2010

634 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 2010. Highest significance: Tizi Ouzou, DZ.

Key Facts for 18 October 2010

On 18 October 2010, 634 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
254 were record highs and 268 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 615 daily.
Tizi Ouzou set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 18 October 2010.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

634 stations

634 station records on 18 October 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Neerim South (Tarago Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Altona (City Offices)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ona II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coalville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kolonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Graton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale Necropolis	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Felix Gomez	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lahr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaina	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliningrad	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flaming Gorge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Andres (Isla)/S	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar-Schondorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cozzo Spadaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Fuerte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Yucuhiti (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

634 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 160, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 October 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	160
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 October 2010 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 615.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

470 broken records

Margins by which the 470 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 2010

Top 20 records on 18 October 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 2010	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Neerim South (Tarago Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Palmerville, AU	daily low max	30.2 C (86.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	109 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Lockhart River Airport, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Altona (City Offices), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Independence, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Siwa, EG	daily high max	39.2 C (102.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Seligman, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Atlatlahuacan, MX	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Heber, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Prahran (Como House), AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Indio Fire STN, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily low min	0.3 C (32.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2010	Deer Creek Dam, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 2010	Salina, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2010. 2010 had 634 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 10	445
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3