Weather Records on 6 February 1940

481 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1940. Highest significance: Jhunjhunu, IN.

Key Facts for 6 February 1940

On 6 February 1940, 481 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 472 daily.
Jhunjhunu set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 6 February 1940.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

481 stations

481 station records on 6 February 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jhunjhunu	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Capricorn Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kurdege	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Demopolis Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gatcombe Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

481 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 6 February 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 6 February 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1940

Top 20 records on 6 February 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1940	Jhunjhunu, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Rosalia, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Bellingham, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Silda Belpahari, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Flora 5 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Anna 4 N, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Cape Capricorn Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Hickory 1 E, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Vicksburg, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Landsburg, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Colby, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Nundle Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1940	New Burnside, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 years	35 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 481 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 50	391
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1