Weather Records on 6 January 1948

493 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1948. Highest significance: Grants Pass, US.

Key Facts for 6 January 1948

On 6 January 1948, 493 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 472 daily.
Grants Pass set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 6 January 1948.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

493 stations

493 station records on 6 January 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Banpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Modoc Orchard	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Topchanchi	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kamakhyanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Salmon 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woolmers Settlement	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baikunthpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narayanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sand Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

493 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 6 January 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 6 January 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1948

Top 20 records on 6 January 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1948	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Banpur, IN	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Drain, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Caveside, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Wallace, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Mole Creek, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Cottage Grove 2E, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Modoc Orchard, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Port Jervis, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Newport, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Waterville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	10.8 C (51.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	164 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Latehar, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Beech Creek, US	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1948	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	38 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1948. 1948 had 493 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 1948-01-06: 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 50	410
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1