Weather Records on 18 October 1993

1,051 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1993. Highest significance: Bonham 3NNE, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 1993

On 18 October 1993, 1,051 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
431 were record highs and 295 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,001 daily.
Bonham 3NNE set a daily record precipitation of 137.2 mm (5.4 in) on 18 October 1993.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

1,051 stations

1,051 station records on 18 October 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Raymer	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dekalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utgard	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gausvik	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leirfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rossvatn - Heggmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boxelder 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders Chase (Rocky River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joesjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mo I Rana III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belgaum/Sambra	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hegra II	Norway	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sebewaing	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,051 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 221, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 223, Heaviest daily rainfall 277, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 18 October 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	221
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	223
Heaviest daily rainfall	277
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 18 October 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 48, daily 1,001.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

832 broken records

Margins by which the 832 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1993

Top 20 records on 18 October 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1993	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1993	Tunnsjo, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1993	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Gaddede, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Kurnool, IN	all-time rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	New Raymer, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Dekalb, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Jormlien, SE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Yalta, UA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Windhoek, NA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	monthly low min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Lawn Hill, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Durham, GB	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Livingston, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Gadag, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1993	Ankenes, NO	monthly snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	70 years	42 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1993. 1993 had 1,051 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	813
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1