Weather Records on 6 October 2017

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 2017. Highest significance: Lamoni, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 2017

On 6 October 2017, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 480 daily.
Lamoni set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 6 October 2017.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

489 stations

489 station records on 6 October 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Shenandoah	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Pattonsburg 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Randolph	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Spickard 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Umalta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 October 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 October 2017 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 480.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 2017

Top 20 records on 6 October 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 2017	Lamoni, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Trenton, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Princeton, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	114 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Bedford, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Shenandoah, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Sioux City AP, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Pattonsburg 2S, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Ft Assiniboine, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Le Mars, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Randolph, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Sidney 1SSE, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Chinook, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	87 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2017	Red Oak, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2017	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2017	Clarinda, US	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	116 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2017	Spickard 7 W, US	monthly rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2017	Steffenville, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2017	Perryton, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2017	Chester, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	52 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2017. 2017 had 489 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 2017-10-06: 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 50	364
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1