Weather Records on 6 January 1951

207 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1951. Highest significance: Maryvale Station, AU.

Key Facts for 6 January 1951

On 6 January 1951, 207 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 203 daily.
Maryvale Station set a daily record precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 6 January 1951.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

207 stations

207 station records on 6 January 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uitenhage	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huxley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
N'Dabakazi (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Invergwali	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatigaon	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springvalley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

207 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 6 January 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 6 January 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 203.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

168 broken records

Margins by which the 168 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1951

Top 20 records on 6 January 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1951	Maryvale Station, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1951	Middleton (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1951	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1951	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1951	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1951	Kapokhoek, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1951	Uitenhage, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1951	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1951	Beauceville, CA	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1951	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1951	Rocklands, ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1951	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1951	Contest, ZA	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1951	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1951	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1951	Camooweal Township, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1951	Crawley, ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	59 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1951	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1951	Wilby, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1951	Hopewell, ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	26 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1951. 1951 had 207 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 50	158
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1