Weather Records on 18 October 2016

1,511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 2016. Highest significance: Rhinelander, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 2016

On 18 October 2016, 1,511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,170 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,461 daily.
Rhinelander set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.9 mm (3.6 in) on 18 October 2016.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

1,511 stations

1,511 station records on 18 October 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Teniente Alejandro Velasco As	Peru	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harderwijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wapenveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Doetinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Voorthuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Almen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lettele	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ijsselmuiden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hellendoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Makkum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dronten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Den Oever	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weesp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beekbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elspeet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nijkerk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogwoud	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kootwijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deelen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Judoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lookout Pt Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,511 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 590, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 580, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 18 October 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	590
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	580
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 18 October 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 50, daily 1,461.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,172 broken records

Margins by which the 1,172 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 2016

Top 20 records on 18 October 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 2016	Rhinelander, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	105 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2016	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	110 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2016	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2016	Schellingwoude, NL	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2016	Dongfang, CN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Teniente Alejandro Velasco As, PE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Willow Rsvr, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Harderwijk, NL	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Wapenveld, NL	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Doetinchem, NL	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Voorthuizen, NL	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Almen, NL	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Lettele, NL	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Ijsselmuiden, NL	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Hellendoorn, NL	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Valley Head, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	119 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Makkum, NL	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Dronten, NL	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Pontiac, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	108 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2016	Rockville, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	108 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 1,511 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	1,141
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2