Weather Records on 6 February 1918

59 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1918. Highest significance: Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 6 February 1918

On 6 February 1918, 59 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 59 daily.
Inskip Point Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 136.1 mm (5.4 in) on 6 February 1918.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

59 stations

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

Weather records on 6 February 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

59 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 40, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 February 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	40
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 February 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 59.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

48 broken records

Margins by which the 48 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1918

Top 20 records on 6 February 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1918	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1918	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Gympie, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Lund, SE	daily rain	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1918	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	14 years	18 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

1793 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1918. 1918 had 59 records.

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

Records on 02-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1803	2
1814	1
1827	1
1837	1
1841	2
1848	2
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1865	4
1866	3
1867	1
1869	3
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1876	2
1877	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	14
1896	5
1897	6
1899	2
1900	3
1901	2
1902	9
1903	1
1904	37
1905	9
1906	10
1907	16
1908	18
1909	40
1910	10
1911	35
1912	22
1913	58
1914	23
1915	30
1916	25
1917	80
1918	59
1919	11
1920	154
1921	30
1922	67
1923	53
1924	192
1925	481
1926	183
1927	372
1928	421
1929	206
1930	145
1931	240
1932	214
1933	188
1934	212
1935	127
1936	767
1937	220
1938	1,004
1939	198
1940	481
1941	194
1942	422
1943	372
1944	554
1945	199
1946	489
1947	408
1948	458
1949	533
1950	877
1951	388
1952	276
1953	638
1954	415
1955	819
1956	483
1957	436
1958	237
1959	356
1960	537
1961	866
1962	375
1963	1,381
1964	478
1965	405
1966	716
1967	499
1968	231
1969	485
1970	320
1971	707
1972	304
1973	1,355
1974	596
1975	838
1976	1,101
1977	1,083
1978	1,482
1979	1,882
1980	737
1981	739
1982	2,171
1983	677
1984	1,425
1985	1,198
1986	1,123
1987	858
1988	1,517
1989	3,297
1990	1,294
1991	1,923
1992	608
1993	931
1994	675
1995	1,465
1996	1,618
1997	791
1998	759
1999	1,200
2000	545
2001	1,442
2002	1,291
2003	923
2004	2,182
2005	1,296
2006	768
2007	1,291
2008	2,583
2009	1,134
2010	1,379
2011	1,425
2012	1,103
2013	385
2014	1,587
2015	1,269
2016	456
2017	848
2018	586
2019	1,613
2020	1,163
2021	836
2022	516
2023	255
2024	904
2025	935
2026	987

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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 10	40
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1