Weather Records on 6 November 1985

664 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1985. Highest significance: Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 6 November 1985

On 6 November 1985, 664 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 627 daily.
Cape Otway Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 58.8 mm (2.3 in) on 6 November 1985.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

664 stations

664 station records on 6 November 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Belington	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerslie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Velikiy Berezny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beregovo	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte (Lochaber)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vergemont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macarthur (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
South Lyndeboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bolmen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Comongin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Khust	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shionomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

664 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 413, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 6 November 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	413
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 6 November 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 36, daily 627.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

571 broken records

Margins by which the 571 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1985

Top 20 records on 6 November 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1985	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1985	Bunda Bunda, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1985	Yambacoona, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1985	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1985	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1985	Belington, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1985	Princetown, AU	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1985	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1985	Boorara, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1985	Ellerslie Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1985	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1985	Velikiy Berezny, UA	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1985	Belfast, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1985	Ballarat Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1985	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1985	Avon, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1985	Gijon la Merced, ES	all-time rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1985	Uzhhorod, UA	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1985	Beregovo, UA	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1985	Gardiner, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	53 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 664 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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Data for records on 1985-11-06: 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	505
20 to 40	51
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2