Weather Records on 6 February 1939

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1939. Highest significance: Amersfoort (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 6 February 1939

On 6 February 1939, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 192 daily.
Amersfoort (Pol) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 154.9 mm (6.1 in) on 6 February 1939.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 6 February 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grimes Pass 6 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-45.0 C (-49.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bergplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 77, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 6 February 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 6 February 1939 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 3, daily 192.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

158 broken records

Margins by which the 158 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1939

Top 20 records on 6 February 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1939	Amersfoort (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1939	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1939	Port Arthur, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1939	Rolfontein, ZA	all-time rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1939	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1939	Makaweli 965, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1939	Prince Rupert, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Jerome, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Oracle, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Beiarn, NO	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Saint Johns, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Macon 2 NE, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	5 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily high max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1939	Umea, SE	daily high min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	53 years	23 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1939. 1939 had 198 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	136
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1