Weather Records on 6 February 1957

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1957. Highest significance: Coleraine Hospital, AU.

Key Facts for 6 February 1957

On 6 February 1957, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
255 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 421 daily.
Coleraine Hospital set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 6 February 1957.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

436 stations

436 station records on 6 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Argoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cowangie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Willanthry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leaghur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 6 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 6 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1957

Top 20 records on 6 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1957	Coleraine Hospital, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1957	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1957	Gerang Gerung, AU	all-time rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Lexton, AU	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Casterton Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Albany, US	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Penola (Comaum Park), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Weatherford, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Wanaaring (Urisino), AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Argoon, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Tyrrell Downs, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Marree Comparison, AU	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Stawell, AU	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Browning, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Tyrendarra (Ellangowan), AU	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1957	Cowangie, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	34 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

1793 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1957. 1957 had 436 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	327
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1