Weather Records on 6 October 1989

470 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1989. Highest significance: Swansea (Kelvedon), AU.

Key Facts for 6 October 1989

On 6 October 1989, 470 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
172 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 453 daily.
Swansea (Kelvedon) set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 6 October 1989.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

470 stations

470 station records on 6 October 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Foraker	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwell 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cune 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Billings	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Launiupoko Vil 372	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mound Valley 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuihaele Hic 199	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wyanga	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lookeba 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kemoo Camp 8 855	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laoag	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upolu Point Uscg 159.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Great Salt Plains Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrow 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Loei	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahinahina 466	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sumidouro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

470 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 192.

Records on 6 October 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 453.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1989

Top 20 records on 6 October 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1989	Swansea (Kelvedon), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1989	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Hawi 168, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Parsons 2 NW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Foraker, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Blackwell 1SSW, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Bream Creek (Stroud), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Mc Cune 6 SW, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Bonang, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	74 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Billings, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Opossum Bay, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Launiupoko Vil 372, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Kodiak AP, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1989	Mound Valley 3 WSW, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	37 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1989. 1989 had 470 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 10	319
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	3