Weather Records on 6 February 1959

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1959. Highest significance: Virden, CA.

Key Facts for 6 February 1959

On 6 February 1959, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 353 daily.
Virden set a daily record low maximum temperature of -20.0 C (-4.0 F) on 6 February 1959.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

356 stations

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

Weather records on 6 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spavinaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pryor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canbelego the Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wasa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uruque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wilson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blanchetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 353.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

291 broken records

Margins by which the 291 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 February 1959

Top 20 records on 6 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1959	Virden, CA	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	17.2 C (31.0 F)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1959	Homestead Exp STN, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1959	Harrison, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1959	Mortlake, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1959	Bombala (Cambalong), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1959	Serra Negra Do Norte, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1959	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1959	Fazenda Jardim, BR	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Tripoli Sidi El Mesri, LY	daily high min	16.5 C (61.7 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Corning, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Havana, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Spavinaw, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Tahlequah, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Marshall, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Mammoth Spring, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Nashlyn, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Birch Tree, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Nome AP, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1959	Breckenridge, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	35 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

1793 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 356 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 25	262
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2