Weather Records on 6 January 1922

128 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1922. Highest significance: Hahndorf, AU.

Key Facts for 6 January 1922

On 6 January 1922, 128 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 118 daily.
Hahndorf set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 6 January 1922.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

128 stations

128 station records on 6 January 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Battunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

128 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 January 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 January 1922 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 118.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

123 broken records

Margins by which the 123 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1922

Top 20 records on 6 January 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1922	Hahndorf, AU	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Yankalilla, AU	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Warooka, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Meadows, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Mitcham Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Magill Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Yankalilla (Woodvale), AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Tunis, TN	all-time low max	4.0 C (39.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Battunga, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Willunga, AU	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1922	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1922. 1922 had 128 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 1922-01-06: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	102
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1