Weather Records on 18 October 1928

316 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1928. Highest significance: Decatur, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 1928

On 18 October 1928, 316 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
216 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 310 daily.
Decatur set an all-time record daily precipitation of 162.6 mm (6.4 in) on 18 October 1928.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

316 stations

316 station records on 18 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

316 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 98.

Records on 18 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 310.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

272 broken records

Margins by which the 272 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1928

Top 20 records on 18 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1928	Decatur, US	all-time rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1928	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1928	Cortland, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1928	Emporium 1 E, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1928	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1928	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Angelica, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Clontarf, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Mykland, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Evergreen, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Bic, CA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Philo 3 SW, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily high min	27.6 C (81.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 October 1928	Keene, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	23 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1928. 1928 had 316 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1928-10-18: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	237
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2