Weather Records on 6 October 1959

560 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1959. Highest significance: Mandurah Park, AU.

Key Facts for 6 October 1959

On 6 October 1959, 560 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 534 daily.
Mandurah Park set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.2 mm (1.9 in) on 6 October 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

560 stations

560 station records on 6 October 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks 1	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mylor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Andenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nandura	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fernbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

560 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 October 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 October 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 188.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1959

Top 20 records on 6 October 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1959	Mandurah Park, AU	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1959	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1959	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1959	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Smith Ctr, US	monthly rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Capel, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Fairbridge, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Skjomen, NO	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Rockingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Serpentine, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Quindalup, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Ridgetown, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Ankenes, NO	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Riksgransen, SE	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Hamiota, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Jarrahdale, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1959	Domeriaganj Sr, IN	daily rain	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	21 years	45 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1959. 1959 had 560 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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Data for records on 1959-10-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	423
25 to 50	43
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1