Weather Records on 18 October 2014

690 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 2014. Highest significance: Ekaterinburg, RU.

Key Facts for 18 October 2014

On 18 October 2014, 690 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
494 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 669 daily.
Ekaterinburg set a daily record precipitation of 35.4 mm (1.4 in) on 18 October 2014.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

690 stations

690 station records on 18 October 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Anapa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wonganoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hawaii Vol Np HQ 54	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tubuai	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paiko Drive 723.4	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Ismail Petra	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnee Dubrovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lysekil_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waikiki 717.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Van Buren 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan Fap Guillermo Concha	Peru	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ferndale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walla Walla Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turany	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kerman	Iran	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ustica Island	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Old Forge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

690 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 280, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 October 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	280
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 October 2014 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 669.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

618 broken records

Margins by which the 618 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 2014

Top 20 records on 18 October 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 2014	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 October 2014	Anapa, RU	all-time rain	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	71 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2014	Wonganoo, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 October 2014	Hawaii Vol Np HQ 54, US	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Millrose, AU	monthly rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Hilo Intl AP 87, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Tubuai, PF	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Sheffield, GB	daily high min	14.1 C (57.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Paiko Drive 723.4, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Sultan Ismail Petra, MY	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Newton Rigg, GB	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Wisley, GB	daily high min	15.7 C (60.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	De Bilt, NL	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Tryvasshogda, NO	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	San Francisco Dwtn, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 2014	Orleans, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	92 years	38 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2014. 2014 had 690 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	605
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1