Weather Records on 19 October 2018

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 2018. Highest significance: Youngs Siding, AU.

Key Facts for 19 October 2018

On 19 October 2018, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 512 daily.
Youngs Siding set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 19 October 2018.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 19 October 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Great Salt Plains Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bogarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Northcliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monasavu	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orel	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barrett Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Molina de Aragon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zhigansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brjansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smolensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soria	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dzardzan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gotnja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Teruel	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balmorhea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Langtry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hornet Bank Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rylsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trubcevsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponyri	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 123, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 19 October 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 October 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 512.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

432 broken records

Margins by which the 432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 2018

Top 20 records on 19 October 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 2018	Youngs Siding, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 October 2018	Paradise, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	109 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Great Salt Plains Dam, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Bogarella, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Opossum Bay, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Walpole, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Kursk, RU	daily high max	20.9 C (69.6 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Nornalup, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Kinnoul, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily high max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily high max	17.1 C (62.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Wick, GB	daily high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Northcliffe, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Monasavu, FJ	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high max	20.4 C (68.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Alpine, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 2018	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	39 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

1806 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2018. 2018 had 516 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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	422
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1