Weather Records on 6 January 1955

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1955. Highest significance: Barrage Gouin, CA.

Key Facts for 6 January 1955

On 6 January 1955, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 321 daily.
Barrage Gouin set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 6 January 1955.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 6 January 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chute Aux Galets	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mequatlingsnek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Walburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 6 January 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 6 January 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1955

Top 20 records on 6 January 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1955	Barrage Gouin, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1955	Lincoln, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1955	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1955	Nabawa, AU	monthly low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1955	Mistassini Post, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1955	Mistassini Post, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1955	Bluff Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Paxton, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Las Vegas, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Barrage Gouin, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Jandowae Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Chute Aux Galets, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Genoa, IT	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Tiffin, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Ketchikan AP, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Anakie Richardson St, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Mundubbera, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1955	Mequatlingsnek, ZA	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	28 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1955. 1955 had 327 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	256
25 to 50	6
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1