Weather Records on 6 October 1984

769 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1984. Highest significance: Ozark, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 1984

On 6 October 1984, 769 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
208 were record highs and 246 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 746 daily.
Ozark set a daily record precipitation of 90.7 mm (3.6 in) on 6 October 1984.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

769 stations

769 station records on 6 October 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montenegro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bo-Downes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nordvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kramfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jessieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blaikliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kennett Radio Kboa	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taquarucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Washington	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mingo 6E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nova Palmira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norrveda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arkabutla Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

769 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 October 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 October 1984 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 746.

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 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1984

Top 20 records on 6 October 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1984	Ozark, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	85 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1984	Mohall, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1984	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Holdrege, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Fall Rvr Lake, US	monthly rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Atwood, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	York, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Montenegro, BR	daily rain	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Bo-Downes, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Augusta, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Coniston, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Boolathana, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Westhope, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Bruning, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Osceola, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Nordvik, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1984	Edgerton, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	22 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1984. 1984 had 769 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 1984-10-06: 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 20	578
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1