Weather Records on 6 January 1909

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1909. Highest significance: Saint John, CA.

Key Facts for 6 January 1909

On 6 January 1909, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 45 daily.
Saint John set a monthly record daily precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 6 January 1909.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 6 January 1909 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1909: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1909 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 11, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 January 1909 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	11
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 January 1909 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 45.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

44 broken records

Margins by which the 44 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1909

Top 20 records on 6 January 1909 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1909	Saint John, CA	monthly rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1909	Truro, CA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1909	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1909	Fredericton Unb, CA	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Chatham, CA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Chatham, CA	monthly high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Saint John, CA	monthly high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Truro, CA	monthly high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Charlottetown, CA	monthly high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Dubuque River, US	daily low max	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Middletown 4 W, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	19 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily low max	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Portland, US	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Madison Wb City, US	daily low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Quebec, CA	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1909	Chatham, CA	monthly high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	6 years	16 of 100 (Routine)

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

1803 to 1909

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1909. 1909 had 55 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-06 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1830	1
1839	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	2
1864	3
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	1
1881	4
1882	2
1884	4
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	9
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	6
1897	2
1898	5
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	15
1904	4
1905	19
1906	19
1907	16
1908	20
1909	55
1910	15
1911	46
1912	116
1913	32
1914	18
1915	40
1916	97
1917	46
1918	50
1919	44
1920	35
1921	52
1922	128
1923	111
1924	452
1925	44
1926	189
1927	270
1928	215
1929	220
1930	319
1931	142
1932	526
1933	352
1934	379
1935	560
1936	392
1937	357
1938	153
1939	321
1940	746
1941	269
1942	479
1943	291
1944	249
1945	837
1946	1,409
1947	351
1948	493
1949	470
1950	942
1951	207
1952	195
1953	769
1954	505
1955	327
1956	464
1957	273
1958	325
1959	710
1960	434
1961	354
1962	768
1963	382
1964	214
1965	796
1966	577
1967	516
1968	893
1969	840
1970	797
1971	1,160
1972	533
1973	633
1974	756
1975	587
1976	590
1977	625
1978	691
1979	1,782
1980	887
1981	794
1982	1,241
1983	1,356
1984	813
1985	1,096
1986	776
1987	875
1988	2,337
1989	1,768
1990	628
1991	1,386
1992	940
1993	1,019
1994	1,347
1995	1,243
1996	1,172
1997	1,185
1998	2,131
1999	1,894
2000	614
2001	1,113
2002	842
2003	932
2004	1,226
2005	1,730
2006	978
2007	1,882
2008	1,422
2009	890
2010	1,543
2011	994
2012	1,235
2013	350
2014	1,503
2015	725
2016	518
2017	1,316
2018	1,231
2019	506
2020	514
2021	385
2022	1,071
2023	555
2024	481
2025	1,153
2026	655

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Data for records on 1909-01-06: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 January 1909
Margin	Records
0 to 10	37
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1