Weather Records on 6 October 2002

694 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 2002. Highest significance: Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 6 October 2002

On 6 October 2002, 694 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
296 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 670 daily.
Gabo Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 77.6 mm (3.1 in) on 6 October 2002.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

694 stations

694 station records on 6 October 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Culford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bickley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Udon Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leschenaultia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stevensville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minong 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Isidro Canoas Altas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Herman	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore/Peelamed	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtayutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waiakea Scd 88.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Ildelfonso Villa Alta	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ameca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fortuna 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record low minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stykkisholmur	Iceland	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balhash	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dwellingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turku Turun Lentoasema	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vallecitos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khon Kaen	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Champion van Riper Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Pilar	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Xining	China	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cinco Seores	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kostroma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

694 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 October 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 October 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 670.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

517 broken records

Margins by which the 517 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 2002

Top 20 records on 6 October 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 2002	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	130 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2002	Prentice #2, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Culford, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Bickley, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Udon Thani, TH	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Lake Leschenaultia, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	3.8 C (38.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	120 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Archer City 2W, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Hirado, JP	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Saint Bernard, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Polson, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Kokpekty, KZ	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	Rudnaja Pristan, RU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2002	San Diego Curupatzeo, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 2002	Selma, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 2002	Stevensville, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 2002	Minong 5 WSW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 October 2002	Willow Rsvr, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2002. 2002 had 694 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	566
2016	473
2017	489
2018	968
2019	533
2020	1,072
2021	664
2022	654
2023	650
2024	1,025
2025	486
2026	890

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	492
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1