Weather Records on 6 February 1948

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1948. Highest significance: Bongaon, IN.

Key Facts for 6 February 1948

On 6 February 1948, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 448 daily.
Bongaon set a monthly record daily precipitation of 125.2 mm (4.9 in) on 6 February 1948.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

458 stations

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

Weather records on 6 February 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Barracks	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Strydenberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mekliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aijal	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	88.0 cm (34.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pattamundai	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa Brg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Foxpark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 6 February 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 6 February 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1948

Top 20 records on 6 February 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1948	Bongaon, IN	monthly rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1948	Diamond Harbour, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Calcutta/Barracks, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Strydenberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Mekliganj, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Bhagwanpur, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Mathabhanga, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Borsat, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Beringarra, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Iguape, BR	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Aijal, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Scottsburg, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Arcadia, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Huntington 1, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Jeffersonville, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1948	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 458 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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Data for records on 1948-02-06: 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	330
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1