Weather Records on 6 January 1961

354 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1961. Highest significance: Nandigama, IN.

Key Facts for 6 January 1961

On 6 January 1961, 354 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 334 daily.
Nandigama set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 6 January 1961.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

354 stations

354 station records on 6 January 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Le Grand	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbatore	India	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale Woodward Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Junta	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clearfield	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stensele	Sweden	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sprague	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Whitsett 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville FAA AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

354 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 6 January 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 6 January 1961 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 11, daily 334.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1961

Top 20 records on 6 January 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1961	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1961	Mapumulo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1961	Moosomin, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1961	Visalia, US	all-time low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1961	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1961	Le Grand, US	all-time low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1961	Kern River Ph 1, US	all-time low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1961	Virden, CA	daily high min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	69 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1961	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	all-time low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1961	Rocklin, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1961	Lodi, US	all-time low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1961	Marlin, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1961	Elmira, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1961	Belvidere, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1961	Coimbatore, IN	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1961	Emo, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1961	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1961	Marysville, US	monthly low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1961	Morris, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1961	Nongoma, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	27 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1961. 1961 had 354 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	263
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1