Weather Records on 6 October 1926

219 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1926. Highest significance: Dingo Vale, AU.

Key Facts for 6 October 1926

On 6 October 1926, 219 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 207 daily.
Dingo Vale set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 6 October 1926.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

219 stations

219 station records on 6 October 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

219 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 126.

Records on 6 October 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 207.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

177 broken records

Margins by which the 177 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1926

Top 20 records on 6 October 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1926	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1926	Mount Torrens, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1926	Farrell Flat, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1926	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1926	Birdwood, AU	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1926	Gloversville, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1926	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Williamsport, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Chelsea, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Saint Johnsbury, US	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Provincetown 3 NW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Oneonta 1 S, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Cornwall, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Orono, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Quakertown, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Gumeracha, AU	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1926	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	22 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1926. 1926 had 219 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 5	117
5 to 10	34
10 to 15	10
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	5
25 to 30	3
30 to 35	2
35 to 40	1