Weather Records on 6 October 1927

175 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1927. Highest significance: Oregon, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 1927

On 6 October 1927, 175 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 169 daily.
Oregon set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 6 October 1927.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

175 stations

175 station records on 6 October 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

175 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 49, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 October 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

122 broken records

Margins by which the 122 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1927

Top 20 records on 6 October 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1927	Oregon, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1927	Bethany, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1927	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1927	Horton, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1927	St Joseph, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Beloit, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Maryville 2E, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Sycamore, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Atchison, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Talladega, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Millerton, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Conception, US	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Wetumpka, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1927	Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed), RU	daily rain	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	6 years	20 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1927. 1927 had 175 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 1927
Margin	Records
0 to 10	95
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2