Weather Records on 6 January 1915

40 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1915. Highest significance: Aliwal North, ZA.

Key Facts for 6 January 1915

On 6 January 1915, 40 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 39 daily.
Aliwal North set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 6 January 1915.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

40 stations

40 station records on 6 January 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

40 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 22, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 January 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 January 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 39.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

31 broken records

Margins by which the 31 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1915

Top 20 records on 6 January 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1915	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1915	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Brantford, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	monthly low max	14.9 C (58.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Woomera (Oakden Hills), AU	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Wellington East, AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Blinman (Wirrealpa), AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Escanaba, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Blinman, AU	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Beenak, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Stonecliffe, CA	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Stuarts Creek, AU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Teryawynia, AU	daily rain	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	37 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Beltana, AU	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Welland, CA	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Innamincka Station, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	31 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1915	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	12 years	13 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 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1915. 1915 had 40 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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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 1915
Margin	Records
0 to 10	25
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2