Weather Records on 6 October 1918

45 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1918. Highest significance: Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU.

Key Facts for 6 October 1918

On 6 October 1918, 45 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 44 daily.
Second Valley (Spring Grove) set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 6 October 1918.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

45 stations

45 station records on 6 October 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Boola Boolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

45 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 October 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 44.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

43 broken records

Margins by which the 43 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1918

Top 20 records on 6 October 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1918	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1918	Stansbury, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1918	Saint John, CA	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1918	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1918	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1918	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1918	Sydney, CA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Burlington, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Newport, US	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Bird Rocks, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Bird Rocks, CA	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Griquatown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Wellington Station, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Elliston, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Gavle, SE	daily high max	17.5 C (63.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Coonalpyn, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Moose Factory, CA	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Chatham, CA	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	42 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1918	Cornwall, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1918. 1918 had 45 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 October 1918
Margin	Records
0 to 10	29
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2