Weather Records on 18 October 1969

789 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1969. Highest significance: Mungindi Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 18 October 1969

On 18 October 1969, 789 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 748 daily.
Mungindi Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 18 October 1969.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

789 stations

789 station records on 18 October 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mamogaleskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Birricannia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Hill No.2	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Wongwie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perungalur	India	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Cleveland Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Welbekend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frasers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hartebeespoort-Agrc.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Klipkop-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bogie River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hebel Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Betanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natal Est, Mount Edg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wolwekraal (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa Ag. Res. STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

789 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 457, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 18 October 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	457
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 18 October 1969 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 38, daily 748.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

699 broken records

Margins by which the 699 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1969

Top 20 records on 18 October 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1969	Mungindi Post Office, AU	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 October 1969	Bronkhorstspruit (Mun), ZA	all-time rain	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	73 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1969	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1969	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1969	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Delmas (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Boolcarrol, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Pretoria-Fountains, ZA	monthly rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Kilmashogue,Lowlands, ZA	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Reedy Creek Station, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Mamogaleskraal, ZA	monthly rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Welverdiend (Pol), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Yampa, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Doornkop, ZA	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Majors Creek, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1969	Birricannia, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	51 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1969. 1969 had 789 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 2026-10-17 (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 50	679
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1