Weather Records on 16 October 2018

1,558 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 2018. Highest significance: Abbeville, US.

Key Facts for 16 October 2018

On 16 October 2018, 1,558 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
563 were record highs and 796 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,521 daily.
Abbeville set a daily record precipitation of 144.3 mm (5.7 in) on 16 October 2018.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

1,558 stations

1,558 station records on 16 October 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Harper 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tedzhen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	60 of 100 (Major)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	225.8 mm (8.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Davis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Medina 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rusk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cotulla la Salle Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leland Bowman Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chisos Basin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,558 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 362, Lowest daily maximum 515, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 281, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 16 October 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	362
Lowest daily maximum	515
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	281
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 16 October 2018 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 1,521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,308 broken records

Margins by which the 1,308 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 2018

Top 20 records on 16 October 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 2018	Abbeville, US	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2018	Harper 3ENE, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	104 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2018	Burnet, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	104 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2018	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	105 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2018	San Marcos, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	105 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2018	Tedzhen, TM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2018	Boerne, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	111 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2018	Carrizo Springs 3S, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	105 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2018	Junction 4SSW, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	11.6 C (20.9 F)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2018	Madisonville, US	all-time rain	225.8 mm (8.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 October 2018	Ft Davis, US	monthly low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	111 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2018	Hondo, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	105 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2018	Llano, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	105 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2018	Sulphur Springs, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	115 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2018	Crockett, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	105 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2018	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	105 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2018	Hillsboro, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	115 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2018	Corsicana, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	105 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2018	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	115 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 2018	Rison, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	112 years	53 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

1796 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2018. 2018 had 1,558 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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	1,251
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	5