Weather Records on 6 October 2011

1,582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 2011. Highest significance: Hoxie, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 2011

On 6 October 2011, 1,582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
544 were record highs and 424 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 99 monthly and 1,481 daily.
Hoxie set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 6 October 2011.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

1,582 stations

1,582 station records on 6 October 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Polson	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pioche	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tjamotis	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Canyon Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sunburst 8 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arjeplog A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Svappavaara	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muonio Alamuonio	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pello Kk Museotie	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lainio	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maradi	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Covina City Yard Fc387B	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guayameo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lily Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dome Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Canyon Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco Rueda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Canyon Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,582 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 238, Lowest daily maximum 346, Highest daily minimum 306, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 541, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 6 October 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	238
Lowest daily maximum	346
Highest daily minimum	306
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	541
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 6 October 2011 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 99, daily 1,481.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,254 broken records

Margins by which the 1,254 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 198.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 2011

Top 20 records on 6 October 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 2011	Hoxie, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2011	Polson, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2011	Pioche, US	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	106 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2011	Tjamotis, SE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2011	Eureka, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	121 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2011	Bowman Dam, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	114 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Aleksandrovskoe, RU	monthly rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Emblem, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Beaver Canyon Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Sunburst 8 E, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Savage, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Zinder, NE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Arjeplog A, SE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Svappavaara, SE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Fillmore, US	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Muonio Alamuonio, FI	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Oak City, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Pello Kk Museotie, FI	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Lainio, SE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2011	Goldbutte 7 N, US	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	65 years	50 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2011. 2011 had 1,582 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

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Data for records on 2011-10-06: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	1,179
25 to 50	46
50 to 75	21
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1