Weather Records on 6 February 1930

145 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1930. Highest significance: Bunda Bunda, AU.

Key Facts for 6 February 1930

On 6 February 1930, 145 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 141 daily.
Bunda Bunda set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 6 February 1930.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

145 stations

145 station records on 6 February 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

145 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 22, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 February 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 February 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 141.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

102 broken records

Margins by which the 102 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 February 1930

Top 20 records on 6 February 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1930	Bunda Bunda, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Battleford, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Canon City, US	monthly high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Coldwater, CA	daily low min	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	49 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Coen Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.7 C (76.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Taos, US	monthly high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Battleford, CA	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	N Loup, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Lochnagar, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Masset Airport, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	38 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1930	Bloomfield, CA	daily low min	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	20 years	16 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1930. 1930 had 145 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 February 1930
Margin	Records
0 to 10	93
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2