Weather Records on 6 October 1983

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1983. Highest significance: Bloomfield 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 1983

On 6 October 1983, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 722 daily.
Bloomfield 3 SE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 6 October 1983.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 6 October 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Proston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Vale Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jingdezhen	China	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valdaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Doorndraai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oorsprong-Oos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rocco	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Santa Rosa de la Mis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grevillia (Summerland Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 492, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 6 October 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	492
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 6 October 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

666 broken records

Margins by which the 666 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1983

Top 20 records on 6 October 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1983	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 October 1983	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1983	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	100 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1983	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1983	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	78 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1983	Umlaas Waterworks, ZA	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Nowendoc (Beaufort), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Intake, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Uralla (Dumaresq St), AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Proston Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Elgin Vale Forestry, AU	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Jingdezhen, CN	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Valdaj, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Doorndraai, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Sawoti, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Springlea, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1983	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	68 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1983. 1983 had 743 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	571
20 to 40	77
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1