Weather Records on 6 February 1942

422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1942. Highest significance: Minonk, US.

Key Facts for 6 February 1942

On 6 February 1942, 422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 395 daily.
Minonk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 89.7 mm (3.5 in) on 6 February 1942.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

422 stations

422 station records on 6 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kurnalpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dwight	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roberts 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Peoria City Office	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville D St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daveyhurst Mulwarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Maumee	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

422 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

367 broken records

Margins by which the 367 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1942

Top 20 records on 6 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1942	Minonk, US	monthly rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1942	Kurnalpi, AU	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1942	Carlinville, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Streator 2SE, US	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Pontiac, US	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Tiskilwa 2 SE, US	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Dwight, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Joliet, US	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Hoopeston, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Fairview, US	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Roberts 3 N, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Peoria City Office, US	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	La Harpe, US	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Lincoln, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Nargund, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1942	Marysville D St Brg, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	48 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 422 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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Data for records on 1942-02-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	322
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1