Weather Records on 6 October 1981

748 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1981. Highest significance: Seattle UNIV of Washin, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 1981

On 6 October 1981, 748 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
251 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 709 daily.
Seattle UNIV of Washin set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 6 October 1981.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

748 stations

748 station records on 6 October 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Naselle 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Grove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma City Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis Water Bureau	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willamina	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Castillos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tholen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shelton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lampazos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Liskeard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hacienda de Arriba	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tidewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

748 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 358, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 October 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	358
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 October 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 709.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

643 broken records

Margins by which the 643 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1981

Top 20 records on 6 October 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1981	Seattle UNIV of Washin, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1981	Centralia, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1981	Santiago, MX	monthly rain	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1981	Seattle Urban Site, US	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1981	Naselle 2 ENE, US	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1981	Puyallup 2 W Exp STN, US	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1981	Grapeview 3 SW, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Seattle Tacoma AP, US	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Austin-Camp Mabry, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Amos, CA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Cherry Grove 2 S, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Oregon City, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Ville Marie, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Bremerton, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Everett, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Tacoma City Hall, US	all-time rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Lerwick, GB	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Robert Lee 4WSW, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1981	Atlanta 5 WNW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	47 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1981. 1981 had 748 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	566
2016	473
2017	489
2018	968
2019	533
2020	1,072
2021	664
2022	654
2023	650
2024	1,025
2025	486
2026	890

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Data for records on 1981-10-06: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	569
20 to 40	54
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3