Weather Records on 6 February 1958

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1958. Highest significance: Strasbourg-Entzheim, FR.

Key Facts for 6 February 1958

On 6 February 1958, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 227 daily.
Strasbourg-Entzheim set a monthly record daily precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 6 February 1958.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 6 February 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snowhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Umbercollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 6 February 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 6 February 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 227.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

194 broken records

Margins by which the 194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1958

Top 20 records on 6 February 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1958	Strasbourg-Entzheim, FR	monthly rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1958	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	monthly rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Stuttgart, DE	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Kempten, DE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Fayetteville, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Yangan Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Amatikulu, ZA	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Tahlequah, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Meeker, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Sloan 3 S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	monthly rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Goat Rock, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Snowhill, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Amite, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1958	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	48 years	36 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 237 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 50	185
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1