Weather Records on 6 February 1944

554 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1944. Highest significance: Frome Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 6 February 1944

On 6 February 1944, 554 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 541 daily.
Frome Downs set an all-time record daily precipitation of 156.2 mm (6.1 in) on 6 February 1944.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

554 stations

554 station records on 6 February 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Knob	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.2 C (-33.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaatdrift (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Culpaulin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Summervale (Gundaur)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hookina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mosita	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Browne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

554 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 February 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 February 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 541.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1944

Top 20 records on 6 February 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1944	Frome Downs, AU	all-time rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1944	Innamincka Police Camp, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Cobar (Meryula), AU	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Nonning, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Iron Knob, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Bella Coola, CA	monthly rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Grassmere 1, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	White Cliffs (Purnanga), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Gnalta, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	White Cliffs (Wonnaminta), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	White Cliffs (Tarella), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Cobar (Tindarey), AU	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Leeukop, ZA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Menindee (Weinteriga), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Gammon Ranges (Umberatana), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	De Emigratie, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	Siam, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1944	White Cliffs Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1944. 1944 had 554 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 25	406
25 to 50	24
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1