Weather Records on 6 October 2020

1,072 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 2020. Highest significance: Butler Tanks (North Parnda), AU.

Key Facts for 6 October 2020

On 6 October 2020, 1,072 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
789 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,023 daily.
Butler Tanks (North Parnda) set a daily record precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 6 October 2020.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,072 stations

1,072 station records on 6 October 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Indiana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Odeshog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsborg_Mo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roxby Downs (Parakylia Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
The Garden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ternopil	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vattholma	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saffle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zaandam (Hembrug)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malexander	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hudiksvall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Corner (Lindon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rodkallen_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zhytomyr	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prastkulla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Djursatra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riddarhyttan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodgreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Denison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jubilejnaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rabbit Flat	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,072 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 506, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 283, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 191.

Records on 6 October 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	506
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	283
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 48, daily 1,023.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

882 broken records

Margins by which the 882 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 2020

Top 20 records on 6 October 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 2020	Butler Tanks (North Parnda), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2020	Yorketown, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	101 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2020	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2020	Hult, SE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2020	Indiana, AU	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Odeshog, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Lulea Flygplats, SE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Karlsborg_Mo, SE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Arltunga, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Roxby Downs (Parakylia Station, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Millicent, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	The Garden, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Lulea-Bergnaset, SE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Ternopil, UA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Vattholma, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Saffle, SE	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Boden, SE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Zaandam (Hembrug), NL	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2020	Ajo, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	44 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2020. 2020 had 1,072 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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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	833
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1