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October 6 in storm history

28 storms in the historical record were active on October 6 — 25 hurricanes, 16 of them major (Category 3+). The strongest was Milton (2024), a Category 5 hurricane peaking at 155 kt. Data: NOAA HURDAT2 best-track archive (2015–present on this site).

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2020s

Milton (2024) CAT 5 155 kt peak 10-04 → 10-11

Sam (2021) CAT 4 135 kt peak 09-22 → 10-07

Kirk (2024) CAT 4 130 kt peak 09-29 → 10-10

Marie (2020) CAT 4 120 kt peak 09-27 → 10-10

Delta (2020) CAT 4 120 kt peak 10-04 → 10-11

Lidia (2023) CAT 4 120 kt peak 10-03 → 10-11

Rachel (2026) CAT 3 105 kt peak 09-27 → 10-11

Isaias (2026) CAT 3 105 kt peak 10-06 → 10-11

Priscilla (2025) CAT 3 100 kt peak 10-04 → 10-12

Leslie (2024) CAT 2 90 kt peak 10-01 → 10-12

Imelda (2025) CAT 1 80 kt peak 09-26 → 10-06

Octave (2025) CAT 1 80 kt peak 09-29 → 10-09

Julia (2022) CAT 1 75 kt peak 10-06 → 10-10

Gamma (2020) CAT 1 65 kt peak 10-02 → 10-06

Norbert (2020) TS 50 kt peak 10-04 → 10-15

Philippe (2023) TS 50 kt peak 09-23 → 10-06

Paine (2022) TS 40 kt peak 10-03 → 10-07

2010s

Matthew (2016) CAT 5 145 kt peak 09-28 → 10-10

Walaka (2018) CAT 5 140 kt peak 09-26 → 10-07

Michael (2018) CAT 5 140 kt peak 10-06 → 10-15

Joaquin (2015) CAT 4 135 kt peak 09-26 → 10-15

Nicole (2016) CAT 4 120 kt peak 10-04 → 10-19

Sergio (2018) CAT 4 120 kt peak 09-29 → 10-12

Ophelia (2017) CAT 3 100 kt peak 10-06 → 10-17

Oho (2015) CAT 2 95 kt peak 10-01 → 10-10

Nate (2017) CAT 1 80 kt peak 10-03 → 10-11

Leslie (2018) CAT 1 80 kt peak 09-22 → 10-14

Peak winds are lifetime maxima from the NOAA best-track archive, not necessarily the intensity on October 6. Browse all-time records or seasons year by year.