Weather Records on 6 November 1984

536 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1984. Highest significance: Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU.

Key Facts for 6 November 1984

On 6 November 1984, 536 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 522 daily.
Sydney (Observatory Hill) set a daily record precipitation of 98.0 mm (3.9 in) on 6 November 1984.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

536 stations

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

Weather records on 6 November 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Glen Mervyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Narrawong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McAlinden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mylor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yornup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	165.8 mm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wokalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Wallaroo Stat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Bay (the Coast Golf Clu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castlereagh (Castlereagh Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mwanza	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sappho 8 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Long Flat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Five Dock (Barnwell Park Golf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

536 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 6 November 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 6 November 1984 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1984

Top 20 records on 6 November 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1984	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	114 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 November 1984	Dungog Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1984	Pokolbin (Ben Ean), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1984	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1984	Harvey Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1984	Glen Mervyn, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1984	Centennial Park, AU	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1984	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	Bermagui South (Young Street), AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	Collie, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	Narrawong, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	McAlinden, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	Randwick Racecourse, AU	monthly rain	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	Robertson (Caalong Street), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	Mylor, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	Pinjarra, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	Cataract Dam, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	Yornup, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1984	Cessnock Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	61 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

1793 to 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1984. 1984 had 536 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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 50	448
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1