Weather Records on 6 January 1962

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1962. Highest significance: Salisbury, US.

Key Facts for 6 January 1962

On 6 January 1962, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 725 daily.
Salisbury set a daily record precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 6 January 1962.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 6 January 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Powhatan	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Westwold	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Point Bre	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coolangatta Bowls Comp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caboonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 482, Heaviest daily snowfall 121, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 January 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	482
Heaviest daily snowfall	121
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 January 1962 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 41, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

689 broken records

Margins by which the 689 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 January 1962

Top 20 records on 6 January 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1962	Salisbury, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1962	Wanakena Rngr School, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1962	Greenwood, CA	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1962	Lexington, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1962	Sparta, US	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1962	Gillespie, AU	all-time rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1962	Marengo, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Solomons, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Milledgeville, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Montezuma 2 NW, US	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Greenwood, CA	all-time snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Aiken 5SE, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Newberry, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Blakely, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Powhatan, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Alpena Co Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1962	Centerville, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	49 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1962. 1962 had 768 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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Data for records on 1962-01-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	526
25 to 50	88
50 to 75	35
75 to 100	14
100 to 125	9
125 to 150	6
150 to 175	6
175 to 200	5