Weather Records on 6 January 1918

50 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1918. Highest significance: Milwaukee Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 6 January 1918

On 6 January 1918, 50 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 49 daily.
Milwaukee Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 6 January 1918.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

50 stations

50 station records on 6 January 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tinda Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tinapagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boola Boolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Roto (Coombie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-42.0 C (-43.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.8 C (-32.4 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

50 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 January 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 January 1918 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 49.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

43 broken records

Margins by which the 43 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 269.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1918

Top 20 records on 6 January 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1918	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1918	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1918	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily snowfall	39.9 cm (15.7 in)	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1918	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1918	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Gorki, BY	daily rain	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	2 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Tinda Tank, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Coldwater, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Alton, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Tinapagee, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily low min	16.6 C (61.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	14 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1918	Boola Boolka, AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	34 years	14 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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1918. 1918 had 50 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	38
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1