Weather Records on 6 October 2008

644 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 2008. Highest significance: Avon Park 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 2008

On 6 October 2008, 644 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 631 daily.
Avon Park 2 W set a daily record precipitation of 152.4 mm (6.0 in) on 6 October 2008.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

644 stations

644 station records on 6 October 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chortkiv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elong Elong (Bendeela St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Roscommon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kolomyia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Xiamen	China	Record daily precipitation	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Davey (Melaleuca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berberati	Central African Republic	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bria	Central African Republic	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ures (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Diamante	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Notla 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Penwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

644 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 October 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 October 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 2008

Top 20 records on 6 October 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 2008	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 October 2008	Chortkiv, UA	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2008	Denman (Palace Street), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	105 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2008	Mendooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	118 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Merriwa (Gummun Place), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Mora, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Rowena (Bunna Bunna), AU	all-time rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Howard, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Elong Elong (Bendeela St), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Heyuan, CN	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	118 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Schmucke, DE	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Merriwa (Roscommon), AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Kolomyia, UA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Lynch, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Bottineau, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Vinson, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2008	Pilliga (Nirvana), AU	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	44 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2008. 2008 had 644 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 2008-10-06: 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 20	454
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1