Weather Records on 6 February 1943

372 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1943. Highest significance: Catawba, US.

Key Facts for 6 February 1943

On 6 February 1943, 372 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 368 daily.
Catawba set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 6 February 1943.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

372 stations

372 station records on 6 February 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zigzag Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milly Milly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	550.0 cm (216.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rivers Inlet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Boughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

372 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 6 February 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 6 February 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 368.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

303 broken records

Margins by which the 303 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1943

Top 20 records on 6 February 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1943	Catawba, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1943	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1943	Lake Nash, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1943	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1943	Malboona, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Zeehan Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Onaway 12 S, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Zigzag Rs, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Milly Milly, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Brumado, BR	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Melville, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Zugspitze, DE	daily snow depth	550.0 cm (216.5 in)	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	11.6 C (20.9 F)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	37.3 C (99.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Prince, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Bathurst, CA	daily high min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1943	Munising, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	24 years	25 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 372 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 200	299
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1