Weather Records on 6 October 2004

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 2004. Highest significance: Novy-Port, RU.

Key Facts for 6 October 2004

On 6 October 2004, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
341 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 549 daily.
Novy-Port set a monthly record daily precipitation of 31.4 mm (1.2 in) on 6 October 2004.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 6 October 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Novy-Port	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Olton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tulia	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Littlefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Moresby W.O.	Papua New Guinea	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dimmitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Penwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Peoles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hays	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Levelland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria del Oro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jalostotitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 213, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 143.

Records on 6 October 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	213
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 549.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

435 broken records

Margins by which the 435 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 2004

Top 20 records on 6 October 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 2004	Novy-Port, RU	monthly rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2004	Olton, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2004	Plains, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Plainview, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Friona, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Tulia, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Alexandria, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Panhandle, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Silverton, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Crooked Pool, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	McCracken, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Littlefield, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Milan, IT	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	127 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Port Moresby W.O., PG	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Krasnojarsk, RU	monthly high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	109 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Liberal, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Higgins, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Muleshoe #1, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2004	Goodland, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	44 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2004. 2004 had 582 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2004-10-06: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	378
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1