Weather Records on 6 January 1947

351 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1947. Highest significance: Bologna, IT.

Key Facts for 6 January 1947

On 6 January 1947, 351 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 333 daily.
Bologna set a daily record low minimum temperature of -11.6 C (11.1 F) on 6 January 1947.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

351 stations

351 station records on 6 January 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandila	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchendur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.9 C (116.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-28.1 C (-18.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

351 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 6 January 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 6 January 1947 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 14, daily 333.

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 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1947

Top 20 records on 6 January 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1947	Bologna, IT	daily low min	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	116 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Safipur, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	11.4 C (20.5 F)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Lucknow, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Maharajganj, IN	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Wien, AT	daily low max	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Spencer, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Sarajevo, BA	all-time low max	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Athipettu, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	85 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Sandila, IN	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Marsrakh, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1947	Nilakottai, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1947	Creston, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1947	Philippi, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1947	Nawabganj, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1947	Auberry 2 NW, US	all-time low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1947	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	47 years	32 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

1803 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1947. 1947 had 351 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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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 20	264
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2