Weather Records on 6 October 2010

995 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 2010. Highest significance: Keeroongooloo, AU.

Key Facts for 6 October 2010

On 6 October 2010, 995 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 510 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 959 daily.
Keeroongooloo set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 6 October 2010.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

995 stations

995 station records on 6 October 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Palos Verdes Es Fc43D	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	293.7 mm (11.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sola	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Capulhuac	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio del Cipres	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sanya	China	Record low maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flekkefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Myton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Victorville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Hills Pierce College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalapa del Marques	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hatlestrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Vicente	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tecoman (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Helland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

995 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 229, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 281, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 October 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	229
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	281
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 October 2010 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 959.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

721 broken records

Margins by which the 721 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 198.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 2010

Top 20 records on 6 October 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 2010	Keeroongooloo, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Mesa, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Palos Verdes Es Fc43D, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Panguitch, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Ventura, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Qionghai, CN	daily rain	293.7 mm (11.6 in)	198.7 mm (7.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Riverton, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Sola, NO	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	39.5 C (103.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Ojai, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Capulhuac, MX	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	San Antonio del Cipres, MX	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Philippi, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Aseral, NO	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Bakke, NO	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Ojai, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Vestervig, DK	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Kleve, DE	daily high min	13.7 C (56.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Vardoe, NO	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2010	Beito, NO	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	40 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2010. 2010 had 995 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 2010-10-06: 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 25	702
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1