Weather Records on 6 October 1949

548 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1949. Highest significance: Shawneetown Old Town, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 1949

On 6 October 1949, 548 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 542 daily.
Shawneetown Old Town set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 6 October 1949.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

548 stations

548 station records on 6 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Craigdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Howe	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louwsburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbadah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Utrecht (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayfield 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Summit Grd STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

548 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 300, Heaviest daily snowfall 14.

Records on 6 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	300
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1949

Top 20 records on 6 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1949	Shawneetown Old Town, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Craigdon, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Searcy, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Koshkonong, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Saint Paul Is AP, US	all-time rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Gingindlovu, ZA	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Cape Girardeau, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Howe, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Havana, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Pekisko, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Louwsburg (Mag), ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Bungunya School, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Pekisko, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Coleman, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Heilbron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1949	Sikeston, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1949. 1949 had 548 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 50	443
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2