Weather Records on 6 February 1949

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1949. Highest significance: Grover 2 S, US.

Key Facts for 6 February 1949

On 6 February 1949, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 488 daily.
Grover 2 S set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 6 February 1949.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

533 stations

533 station records on 6 February 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grover 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kessariah	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ekangersarai	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madhepur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hajipur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhore(Borch)	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bahera	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kayenta	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madhipura	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Payson Rs	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rafiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khagaul	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Ghasan Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hariharganj	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mohiuddin Nagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Samford Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bishrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pilibhit City	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chapra Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar City Powerhouse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 58, Deepest snow cover 45.

Records on 6 February 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	58
Deepest snow cover	45

Records on 6 February 1949 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 34, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

461 broken records

Margins by which the 461 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1949

Top 20 records on 6 February 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1949	Grover 2 S, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Motihari, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Weiser, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Pupri, IN	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Kessariah, IN	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Ekangersarai, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Madhepur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Ramnagar, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Richfield, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Gooding 2 S, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Prescott, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	all-time snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Samastipur, IN	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Hajipur, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1949	Mt Douglas, AU	all-time rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	42 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 533 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 100	433
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	3
600 to 700	1