Weather Records on 6 February 1928

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1928. Highest significance: Concordia ASOS, US.

Key Facts for 6 February 1928

On 6 February 1928, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 408 daily.
Concordia ASOS set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 6 February 1928.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

421 stations

421 station records on 6 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lenox	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	198.0 cm (78.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 408.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1928

Top 20 records on 6 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1928	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Minneapolis, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Appleton City, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Oregon, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Hebron, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Lebo, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Macksville 8 NNE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Alma, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Olathe 3E, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Corning, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Lenox, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Gorin, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Warrensburg 4NW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1928	Afton, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	42 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

1793 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1928. 1928 had 421 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 20	316
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1