Weather Records on 6 October 1928

149 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1928. Highest significance: Bridgewater, AU.

Key Facts for 6 October 1928

On 6 October 1928, 149 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 145 daily.
Bridgewater set a daily record precipitation of 46.5 mm (1.8 in) on 6 October 1928.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

149 stations

149 station records on 6 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra Junction (Gilderoy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ruffy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
North Nicomen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Childers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Corack East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

149 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 145.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

120 broken records

Margins by which the 120 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1928

Top 20 records on 6 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1928	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1928	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1928	Sedan, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1928	Thorpdale State School, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Victoria Valley, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Santa Fe, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	49 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	19.3 C (66.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Danevang 1 W, US	monthly high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Truro, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Port Albert, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Willunga, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1928	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	2 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1928. 1928 had 149 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 1928
Margin	Records
0 to 10	98
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1