Weather Records on 6 January 1938

153 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1938. Highest significance: Altentreptow, DE.

Key Facts for 6 January 1938

On 6 January 1938, 153 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 149 daily.
Altentreptow set a daily record snow depth of 11.0 cm (4.3 in) on 6 January 1938.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

153 stations

153 station records on 6 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roomal	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Logandale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bano	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nurpur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

153 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 66, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 149.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

136 broken records

Margins by which the 136 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1938

Top 20 records on 6 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1938	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1938	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1938	Roomal, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1938	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1938	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Karjat, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Hvar, HR	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Hvar, HR	daily low min	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	monthly low min	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Pahala 21, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily low max	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Weissenburg, DE	daily low min	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Logandale, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Pandaria, IN	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1938	Lampasas, US	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1938. 1938 had 153 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 20	119
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	6