Weather Records on 6 October 1953

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1953. Highest significance: St John's, CA.

Key Facts for 6 October 1953

On 6 October 1953, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 352 daily.
St John's set a monthly record daily precipitation of 111.0 mm (4.4 in) on 6 October 1953.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 6 October 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tanakal(Tanakall)	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vadgaon (Maval)	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalghatgi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mudhol	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Miltalie (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taldra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arno Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renmark Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 6 October 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 352.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

272 broken records

Margins by which the 272 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1953

Top 20 records on 6 October 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1953	St John's, CA	monthly rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1953	Cape Race (Aut), CA	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1953	Le Roy, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1953	Ambur, IN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1953	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1953	Venukonda, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1953	Bagewadi, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1953	Tanakal(Tanakall), IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Orono, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Vadgaon (Maval), IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Harapanahalli, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Ishpeming, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Minnedosa, CA	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Santa Paula, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Vilatnikulam, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Washburn, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Pierson, CA	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Winkelman 6 S, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	59 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Adams, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1953	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	56 years	24 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1953. 1953 had 355 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 10	242
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1