Weather Records on 6 January 1959

710 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1959. Highest significance: Wyndham Port, AU.

Key Facts for 6 January 1959

On 6 January 1959, 710 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 347 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 701 daily.
Wyndham Port set a daily record precipitation of 277.9 mm (10.9 in) on 6 January 1959.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

710 stations

710 station records on 6 January 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	277.9 mm (10.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Borns (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edenville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doornfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dunnigan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetveld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santana Do Matos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merensky (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wrights	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Idria	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

710 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 228, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 6 January 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	228
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 6 January 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 701.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1959

Top 20 records on 6 January 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1959	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	277.9 mm (10.9 in)	243.6 mm (9.6 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1959	Borns (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Hailey 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Spencer, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Gibb River, AU	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Palmer Estate, ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Skegness, GB	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Fairmont, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	McPherson, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Laguna Beach, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Santa Barbara, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Turlock #2, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Edenville (Mun), ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Springs-Olympia Park, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Doornfontein, ZA	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Ojai, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	New Meadows Rs, US	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Lissadell, AU	monthly rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1959	Dunnigan, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	39 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1959. 1959 had 710 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 50	569
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1