Weather Records on 18 October 2012

741 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 2012. Highest significance: Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ.

Key Facts for 18 October 2012

On 18 October 2012, 741 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
516 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 725 daily.
Nemours (Ghazaouet) set a daily record high maximum temperature of 33.1 C (91.6 F) on 18 October 2012.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

741 stations

741 station records on 18 October 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Melvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sosnovka-1	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santander/Parayas	Spain	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Szczecin	Poland	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Socorro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pogibi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barth	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Floter	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fukui	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rostock-Warnemunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria del Mar	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arkona	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Siegen (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Zacarias	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moskalvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hannover	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waubay Natl Wild Life	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

741 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 311, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 18 October 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	311
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 18 October 2012 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 2012

Top 20 records on 18 October 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 2012	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	33.1 C (91.6 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	109 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2012	Melvin, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Greifswald, DE	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Quitman 2 NNE, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	De Smet, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily low max	14.1 C (57.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Howard, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily high max	20.5 C (68.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Kleve, DE	daily high max	21.9 C (71.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Mozajsk, RU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Wakayama, JP	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Sosnovka-1, RU	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Santander Cmt, ES	daily rain	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Coffeeville, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Putbus, DE	daily high max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	137 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Wallace 2 E, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Brownsville, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Santander/Parayas, ES	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2012	Webster, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	38 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2012. 2012 had 741 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	548
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1