Weather Records on 6 October 2018

968 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 2018. Highest significance: Mt Carroll, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 2018

On 6 October 2018, 968 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
644 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 903 daily.
Mt Carroll set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 6 October 2018.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

968 stations

968 station records on 6 October 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bakherden	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Dewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rennes-St Jacques	France	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lorimor	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shirland	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson (Tocal AWS)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caen-Carpiquet	France	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lillis	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hereward	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph Rosecrans Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tegucigalpa	Honduras	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troy 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Council Grove Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goessel 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smiths Lake (Patsys Flat Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrow Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

968 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 333, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 311, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 6 October 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	333
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	311
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 6 October 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 65, daily 903.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

732 broken records

Margins by which the 732 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 2018

Top 20 records on 6 October 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 2018	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	117 years	79 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2018	Beloit, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	91 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2018	Bakherden, TM	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2018	Dewitt, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2018	Rennes-St Jacques, FR	monthly rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2018	Knoxville, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2018	South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L, AU	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Sigourney, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Lorimor, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Le Claire L&D 14, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Shirland, US	monthly rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Pella 1S, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Paterson (Tocal AWS), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Caen-Carpiquet, FR	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Sredny Vasjugan, RU	monthly high max	23.4 C (74.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Montezuma 1 W, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Mokpo, KR	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Morrison, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Paterson Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2018	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	87 years	46 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

1802 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2018. 2018 had 968 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-06 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1817	1
1840	1
1843	1
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1853	2
1854	3
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	7
1865	1
1867	3
1868	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	5
1887	1
1888	3
1889	6
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	6
1898	1
1899	3
1900	14
1901	8
1902	10
1903	14
1904	13
1905	10
1906	20
1907	14
1908	17
1909	17
1910	60
1911	14
1912	46
1913	28
1914	7
1915	17
1916	69
1917	95
1918	45
1919	51
1920	104
1921	46
1922	45
1923	136
1924	263
1925	208
1926	219
1927	175
1928	149
1929	155
1930	574
1931	470
1932	905
1933	183
1934	259
1935	1,055
1936	275
1937	413
1938	319
1939	702
1940	225
1941	1,148
1942	198
1943	485
1944	219
1945	202
1946	678
1947	584
1948	342
1949	548
1950	340
1951	537
1952	1,414
1953	355
1954	663
1955	629
1956	449
1957	488
1958	707
1959	560
1960	545
1961	469
1962	433
1963	693
1964	1,138
1965	1,143
1966	351
1967	383
1968	578
1969	377
1970	711
1971	514
1972	458
1973	311
1974	922
1975	673
1976	841
1977	561
1978	376
1979	1,002
1980	1,259
1981	748
1982	1,058
1983	743
1984	769
1985	720
1986	647
1987	838
1988	964
1989	470
1990	953
1991	1,045
1992	675
1993	1,056
1994	1,201
1995	1,392
1996	843
1997	1,013
1998	1,638
1999	914
2000	1,773
2001	988
2002	694
2003	817
2004	582
2005	1,414
2006	1,030
2007	2,337
2008	644
2009	1,722
2010	995
2011	1,582
2012	1,133
2013	797
2014	428
2015	567
2016	473
2017	489
2018	968
2019	533
2020	1,072
2021	665
2022	654
2023	650
2024	1,025
2025	486
2026	900

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Data for records on 2018-10-06: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	642
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1