Weather Records on 6 January 1950

942 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1950. Highest significance: Port Stanley, CA.

Key Facts for 6 January 1950

On 6 January 1950, 942 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
418 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 906 daily.
Port Stanley set a daily record snowfall of 29.7 cm (11.7 in) on 6 January 1950.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

942 stations

942 station records on 6 January 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Elmwood Av	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newgate	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-38.7 C (-37.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East Angus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.1 C (-9.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Creek 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sooke Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

942 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 199, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 72, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 6 January 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	199
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	72
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 6 January 1950 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 27, daily 906.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

808 broken records

Margins by which the 808 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1950

Top 20 records on 6 January 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1950	Port Stanley, CA	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1950	Kosciusko, US	monthly rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Ridgetown, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Madison, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Circleville, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	State UNIV, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Hillside, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Wooster 2 SE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Melville, US	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Sewanee, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Decatur, US	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Hamilton, CA	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Toronto Agincourt, CA	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Simmesport, US	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Columbus Ohio St UNIV, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1950	Springfield Elmwood Av, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	40 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1950. 1950 had 942 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 100	793
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1