Weather Records on 6 October 2021

665 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 October 2021. Highest significance: Americus, US.

Key Facts for 6 October 2021

On 6 October 2021, 665 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
441 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 646 daily.
Americus set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 6 October 2021.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

665 stations

665 station records on 6 October 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 October 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Mt Pleasant 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Crossville Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leeming	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gouda	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooch Behar	India	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mosby 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reno AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Painted Desert Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malkalen_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Toxaway 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amderma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Athens Ben Epps AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lingling	China	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colstrip	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bristol AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jian	China	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nancheng	China	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

665 records

Records set or tied on 6 October 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 October 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 October 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 646.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

525 broken records

Margins by which the 525 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 October 2021

Top 20 records on 6 October 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 October 2021	Americus, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2021	Mt Pleasant 1N, US	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 October 2021	Crossville Mem AP, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Brewton 3 ENE, US	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Ogulin, HR	daily rain	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Monticello, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Armagh, GB	daily high max	20.3 C (68.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	111 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Fish Creek (Hoddle Range), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Durham, GB	daily high max	20.9 C (69.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Rock Creek, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Leeming, GB	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Mohall, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Emblem, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	20.5 C (68.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Lemmon, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 October 2021	Pathfinder Dam, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2021. 2021 had 665 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 2021-10-06: 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	513
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1