Weather Records on 6 October 1921

46 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1921. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 6 October 1921

On 6 October 1921, 46 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 43 daily.
Oxford set a daily record high maximum temperature of 23.1 C (73.6 F) on 6 October 1921.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

46 stations

46 station records on 6 October 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang (Goomgerah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Middle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

46 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 16, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 October 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	16
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 43.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

32 broken records

Margins by which the 32 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 13.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1921

Top 20 records on 6 October 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1921	Oxford, GB	daily high max	23.1 C (73.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	72 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1921	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	monthly high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Arnsberg, DE	daily high max	23.4 C (74.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Woodside, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Dromana, AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Uccle, BE	monthly high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	0 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Stornoway Airport, GB	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	11 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Dubuque River, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	4 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Butchers Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Galway, IE	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	12 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Bonang (Goomgerah), AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	31 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Muenster, DE	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	0 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily high max	19.2 C (66.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	28 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Louisville, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1921	Weldon, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	12 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1921. 1921 had 46 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 2	17
2 to 4	8
4 to 6	3
6 to 8	1
8 to 10	2
10 to 12	0
12 to 14	1