Weather Records on 6 October 1997

1,013 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 1997. Highest significance: Maun, BW.

Key Facts for 6 October 1997

On 6 October 1997, 1,013 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
620 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 968 daily.
Maun set a monthly record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 6 October 1997.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,013 stations

1,013 station records on 6 October 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maun	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Providencia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolshereck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pereslavl-Zalesskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coorada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turrawan (Wallah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tequisistlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maitinez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manlio Fabio Altamiramo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Yappalee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Momuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lincang	China	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conowingo Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Umiat	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,013 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 352, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 268, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 290, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 October 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	352
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	268
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	290
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 45, daily 968.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

760 broken records

Margins by which the 760 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 1997

Top 20 records on 6 October 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 1997	Maun, BW	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	77 of 100 (Major)
6 October 1997	Redford, AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Sobolevo, RU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Bogucar, RU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Narrabri Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Elliston, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Nutwood Downs, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	La Providencia, MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Buj, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Bolshereck, RU	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Amby, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Lezay, FR	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Astana, KZ	monthly high min	12.4 C (54.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Pereslavl-Zalesskij, RU	monthly rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Ica, RU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Sharon Springs, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 1997	San Rafael-Civic Ctr, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	42 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1997. 1997 had 1,013 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	664
10 to 20	59
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1