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Weather on This Date - October 6

10/6/2018

October 6, 1836
A second early season snowstorm produced eleven inches at Wilkes Barre PA and 26 inches at Auburn NY. All the mountains in the northeastern U.S. were whitened with snow. (David Ludlum)

October 6, 1984
The temperature at Honolulu, Hawaii, reached 94 degrees to establish an all-time record at that location. (The Weather Channel)

October 6, 1985
A tropical wave, later to become Tropical Storm Isabel, struck Puerto Rico. As much as 24 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, and the severe flooding and numerous landslides resulting from the rain claimed about 180 lives. (Storm Data)

October 6, 1987
The western U.S. continued to sizzle. Afternoon highs of 85 degrees at Astoria OR, 101 degrees at Tucson AZ, and 102 degrees at Sacramento CA, equaled October records. It marked the fourth time in the month that Sacramento tied their record for October. (The National Weather Summary)

October 6, 1988
Cool Canadian air prevailed across the central and eastern U.S. Toledo OH reported a record low of 27 degrees. Limestone ME received an inch of snow. Warm weather continued in the western U.S. Boise ID reported a record high of 87 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

October 6, 1989
Temperatures soared into the 90's across southern Texas. Afternoon highs of 93 degrees at Houston, and 96 degrees at Austin and Corpus Christi, were records for the date. Beeville was the hot spot in the nation with an afternoon high of 101 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

October 6, 2005
Tropical Storm Tammy moved across southern Georgia bringing widespread needed rainfall to north and central Georgia. The heaviest rain fell east of an Athens to Dublin line where 3 to 5 inches of rain was observed. West of this line rainfall amounts were generally 1 to 2 inches. The rain that fell as a result of Tammy followed a period of nearly 40 days during which most of the region had received less than 0.10 inch of rain. (NWS Atlanta)

October 6, 2014
A very brief EF-1 tornado touched down just north of Ringgold at approximately 7:40 PM. The tornado was on the ground less than half a mile and for less than a minute, but dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted in the Calloway Farms Subdivision. At least two homes sustained damage with several windows blown out and damage to shingles and gutters. One home lost a section of its roof and attic wall and on another home, the garage doors were blown out. (NWS Atlanta)

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