Weather Records on 6 October 1994

1,201 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1994. Highest significance: Oshkosh, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 1994

On 6 October 1994, 1,201 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
445 were record highs and 381 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,137 daily.
Oshkosh set a monthly record daily precipitation of 97.3 mm (3.8 in) on 6 October 1994.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

1,201 stations

1,201 station records on 6 October 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orskog	Norway	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City 14S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Donald	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mo I Rana III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyman	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sektagli	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,201 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 172, Lowest daily maximum 178, Highest daily minimum 273, Lowest daily minimum 203, Heaviest daily rainfall 338, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 6 October 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	172
Lowest daily maximum	178
Highest daily minimum	273
Lowest daily minimum	203
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 6 October 1994 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 62, daily 1,137.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

975 broken records

Margins by which the 975 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1994

Top 20 records on 6 October 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1994	Oshkosh, US	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	79 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1994	Buskala Rch, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1994	Miena Dam, AU	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1994	Poretskoye, RU	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1994	Oshkosh 8 SW, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1994	Lead, US	monthly rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1994	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Granville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Ft Meade, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Plevna, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Linton, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Sundance, US	all-time rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Beach, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Fairfield, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Agate 3 E, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Dillinger, US	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Redig 11 NE, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Shoshone, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1994	Biddle, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	74 years	52 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1994. 1994 had 1,201 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 1994-10-06: 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 50	952
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1