Weather Records on 6 October 1972

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1972. Highest significance: Arcola, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 1972

On 6 October 1972, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 439 daily.
Arcola set an all-time record daily precipitation of 207.8 mm (8.2 in) on 6 October 1972.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

458 stations

458 station records on 6 October 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arcola	United States	Record daily precipitation	207.8 mm (8.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Deerfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Quartzsite	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mexicali (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bellrock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pedlar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brushy Run	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
State Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Raleigh	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	241.8 mm (9.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Groom Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calexico 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cemal	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wellton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tye Rvr 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ehrenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 October 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 October 1972 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 15, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

395 broken records

Margins by which the 395 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1972

Top 20 records on 6 October 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1972	Arcola, US	all-time rain	207.8 mm (8.2 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1972	Brockville, CA	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1972	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1972	Deerfield 1 S, US	all-time rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1972	Imperial, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1972	Quartzsite, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Arbovale 2, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Winslow AP, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Mexicali (Smn), MX	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	El Centro 2 SSW, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Buckingham, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	93.9 mm (3.7 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Bellrock, ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Alpena 1 NW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Chandler, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Valley Head, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Natural Brg, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1972	Pedlar Dam, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	24 years	51 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1972. 1972 had 458 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	325
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	10
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1