Weather Records on 6 February 1946

489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1946. Highest significance: Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 6 February 1946

On 6 February 1946, 489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 480 daily.
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE set a daily record snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 6 February 1946.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

489 stations

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

Weather records on 6 February 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vrede-Mun	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coorara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grimes Pass 6 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

489 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 February 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 February 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 480.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1946

Top 20 records on 6 February 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1946	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Broome Post Office, AU	daily rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Colville, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Vrede-Mun, ZA	monthly rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Kaslo, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	La Delle 7 NE, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Kaslo, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Batesville L&D 1, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Moorhead St Teachers C, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Earlington, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Ada, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Creston, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Fort Frances, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1946	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	37 years	43 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 489 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	10
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1