Weather Records on 6 October 1957

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1957. Highest significance: Humboldt, CA.

Key Facts for 6 October 1957

On 6 October 1957, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 479 daily.
Humboldt set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 6 October 1957.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

488 stations

488 station records on 6 October 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crisfield Somrs Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maibong	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Outlook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nokomis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skagit Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon U of S	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 178, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 October 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	178
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 October 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

392 broken records

Margins by which the 392 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1957

Top 20 records on 6 October 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1957	Humboldt, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	75 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1957	Paratinga, BR	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Port Orford 2, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Choteau, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Hopewell, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Choteau, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Pilger, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Elizabeth City, US	monthly rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Quantico 1 S, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Rosetown Cda Epf, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Boreli, IN	monthly rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Ashland, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Crisfield Somrs Cove, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Maibong, IN	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Bhavani, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1957	Harris, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1957	Edenton, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1957	Warsaw 2 NW, US	monthly rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 1957	Outlook, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	33 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1957. 1957 had 488 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	358
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1