Weather Records on 6 October 2015

567 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 2015. Highest significance: Honokaa Town 215, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 2015

On 6 October 2015, 567 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
408 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 548 daily.
Honokaa Town 215 set a daily record precipitation of 103.4 mm (4.1 in) on 6 October 2015.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

567 stations

567 station records on 6 October 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waihee Vly 482	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waiehu Camp 484	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bundoora (Latrobe University)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yuncheng	China	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aldan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorabbin Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chara	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanku	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zhengzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ernesto Cortissoz	Colombia	Record high minimum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Val de Loire	France	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Addis Ababa-Bole	Ethiopia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muscle Shoals AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walpeup Research	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Erofej Pavlovic	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Longerenong	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Dpi	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mullheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

567 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 226, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 98.

Records on 6 October 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	226
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 October 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 548.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

489 broken records

Margins by which the 489 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 2015

Top 20 records on 6 October 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 2015	Honokaa Town 215, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2015	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2015	Haleakala Rch 432, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	108 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2015	Waihee Vly 482, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2015	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	20.1 C (68.2 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	144 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	129 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Kellerberrin, AU	daily low min	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Waiehu Camp 484, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Laverton Raaf, AU	daily high max	36.4 C (97.5 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily high max	30.5 C (86.9 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Essendon Airport, AU	daily high max	36.3 C (97.3 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Rothamsted, GB	daily high min	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Ibapah, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Essendon Airport, AU	daily high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Ft Duchesne, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Bundoora (Latrobe University), AU	daily high max	35.8 C (96.4 F)	11.2 C (20.2 F)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Laverton Raaf, AU	daily high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Yuncheng, CN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2015	Aldan, RU	monthly high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	65 years	37 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2015. 2015 had 567 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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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	482
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2