Weather Records on 6 January 1946

1,409 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1946. Highest significance: Greenville, US.

Key Facts for 6 January 1946

On 6 January 1946, 1,409 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,135 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,345 daily.
Greenville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 175.3 mm (6.9 in) on 6 January 1946.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,409 stations

1,409 station records on 6 January 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbank 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 5 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mercadool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,409 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 502, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 633, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 January 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	502
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	633
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 January 1946 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 62, daily 1,345.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,229 broken records

Margins by which the 1,229 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1946

Top 20 records on 6 January 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1946	Greenville, US	monthly rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Mundoolin, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Waterloo, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Talladega, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Tombstone, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	La Crosse River, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Fairbank 1 S, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Beaudesert Cryna, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Fayette, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Douglas Smelter, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Experiment, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Masset Airport, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Marshalltown, US	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Merrill, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Douglas Smelter, US	all-time snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Griffin, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1946	Highlands, US	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	62 years	39 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

1803 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1946. 1946 had 1,409 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-06 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1830	1
1839	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	2
1864	3
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	1
1881	4
1882	2
1884	4
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	9
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	6
1897	2
1898	5
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	15
1904	4
1905	19
1906	19
1907	16
1908	20
1909	55
1910	15
1911	46
1912	116
1913	32
1914	18
1915	40
1916	97
1917	46
1918	50
1919	44
1920	35
1921	52
1922	128
1923	111
1924	452
1925	44
1926	189
1927	270
1928	215
1929	220
1930	319
1931	142
1932	526
1933	352
1934	379
1935	560
1936	392
1937	357
1938	153
1939	321
1940	746
1941	269
1942	479
1943	291
1944	249
1945	837
1946	1,409
1947	351
1948	493
1949	470
1950	942
1951	207
1952	195
1953	769
1954	505
1955	327
1956	464
1957	273
1958	325
1959	710
1960	434
1961	354
1962	768
1963	382
1964	214
1965	796
1966	577
1967	516
1968	893
1969	840
1970	797
1971	1,160
1972	533
1973	633
1974	756
1975	587
1976	590
1977	625
1978	691
1979	1,782
1980	887
1981	794
1982	1,241
1983	1,356
1984	813
1985	1,096
1986	776
1987	875
1988	2,337
1989	1,768
1990	628
1991	1,386
1992	940
1993	1,019
1994	1,347
1995	1,243
1996	1,172
1997	1,185
1998	2,131
1999	1,894
2000	614
2001	1,113
2002	842
2003	932
2004	1,226
2005	1,730
2006	978
2007	1,882
2008	1,422
2009	890
2010	1,543
2011	994
2012	1,235
2013	350
2014	1,503
2015	725
2016	518
2017	1,316
2018	1,231
2019	506
2020	514
2021	385
2022	1,071
2023	555
2024	481
2025	1,153
2026	655

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Data for records on 1946-01-06: 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	1,173
25 to 50	30
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2