Weather Records on 6 October 1993

1,056 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1993. Highest significance: Bucuresti Filaret, RO.

Key Facts for 6 October 1993

On 6 October 1993, 1,056 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
481 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,026 daily.
Bucuresti Filaret set a daily record precipitation of 47.6 mm (1.9 in) on 6 October 1993.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,056 stations

1,056 station records on 6 October 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kranskop (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	261.9 mm (10.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mosdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Besonderheid"Byzonderhd."	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edsbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kise Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenix City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loskop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skattungbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laingsnek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nylsvley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flotningen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Agtertang	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norvalspont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zilverhout	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,056 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 241, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 240, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 447.

Records on 6 October 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	241
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	240
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	447
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 1993 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 1,026.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

849 broken records

Margins by which the 849 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1993

Top 20 records on 6 October 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1993	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1993	Hughenden, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1993	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	101 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1993	Fairview, ZA	daily rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1993	Mapumulo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1993	Amatikulu(Mill), ZA	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1993	Kranskop (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	monthly rain	261.9 mm (10.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Inverness, GB	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Kainaliu 73.2, US	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Mtunzini, ZA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Fremont 5 NW, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Bucuresti-Baneasa, RO	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Moorside, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Uloa, ZA	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Mosdene, ZA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Besonderheid"Byzonderhd.", ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1993	Edsbyn, SE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	50 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1993. 1993 had 1,056 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	702
10 to 20	88
20 to 30	38
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2