Weather Records on 6 October 1937

413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1937. Highest significance: Sheikhpura, IN.

Key Facts for 6 October 1937

On 6 October 1937, 413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
247 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 375 daily.
Sheikhpura set a monthly record daily precipitation of 175.8 mm (6.9 in) on 6 October 1937.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

413 stations

413 station records on 6 October 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balurghat	India	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sihora Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kadipur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pakribarwan	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roomal	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katangi	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

413 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 6 October 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 375.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1937

Top 20 records on 6 October 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1937	Sheikhpura, IN	monthly rain	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1937	Seoni, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1937	Balurghat, IN	daily rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1937	Akola, IN	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1937	Banka, IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1937	Betul(Badnur), IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1937	Chindwara, IN	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1937	Darauli, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1937	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1937	Bikram, IN	monthly rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1937	Nawadah, IN	monthly rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1937	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	monthly rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1937	Asthawan, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1937	Sihora Sr, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1937	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1937	Mongpoo, IN	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1937	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	67 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1937	Selonah, IN	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1937	Daltonganj, IN	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1937	Kadipur, IN	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	26 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1937. 1937 had 413 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 20	237
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1