Weather Records on 6 October 2013

797 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 2013. Highest significance: Cottonwood 2 E, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 2013

On 6 October 2013, 797 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
329 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 757 daily.
Cottonwood 2 E set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 6 October 2013.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

797 stations

797 station records on 6 October 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Upton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Newell	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lemmon	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rapid City Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cincinnati	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dubois Srn In Forage Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Two Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville McAlpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wasta	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree 15 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dachen Dao	China	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eudora	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Museum	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

797 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 59.

Records on 6 October 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	59

Records on 6 October 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 757.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

645 broken records

Margins by which the 645 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 2013

Top 20 records on 6 October 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 2013	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 October 2013	Gordon 6N, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	114 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Belle Fourche, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Upton, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Newell, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Brookville, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Vincennes 4 E, US	monthly rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	103 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Lemmon, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	112 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Belle Fourche, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Elm Springs 3 ESE, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	103 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Rapid City Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	117 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Hua Hin, TH	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Paoli, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	103 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Stoneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	Cincinnati, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2013	John Glenn Intl AP, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)

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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2013. 2013 had 797 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 2013-10-06: 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 100	606
100 to 200	22
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	4
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1