Weather Records on 18 October 1996

795 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1996. Highest significance: Warroad, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 1996

On 18 October 1996, 795 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
181 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 765 daily.
Warroad set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 18 October 1996.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

795 stations

795 station records on 18 October 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Diepdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Abercrombie (Abercrombie Bridg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wyangala Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kelliher	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eklutna Project	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Corner (Wingadeena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuena (Wyoming)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plain	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Wyoming)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Binda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whynot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwoudville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Gregorio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

795 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 166, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 18 October 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	166
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 18 October 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 765.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

644 broken records

Margins by which the 644 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1996

Top 20 records on 18 October 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1996	Warroad, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1996	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 October 1996	Diepdrift, ZA	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Bigga (Woolbrook), AU	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Grootfontein, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Abercrombie (Abercrombie Bridg, AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Cudal Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Wyangala Dam, AU	monthly rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Stehekin 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Moble, AU	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Cle Elum, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Kasilof 3 NW, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Cleveland, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Itasca UNIV of Minn, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Kelliher, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Eklutna Project, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Kenai AP, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1996	Golspie (Ayrston), AU	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1996. 1996 had 795 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	619
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1