Weather Records on 6 February 1969

485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1969. Highest significance: Korsakov, RU.

Key Facts for 6 February 1969

On 6 February 1969, 485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 451 daily.
Korsakov set a daily record precipitation of 27.0 mm (1.1 in) on 6 February 1969.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

485 stations

485 station records on 6 February 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cabazon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pocatello Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orderville	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.1 C (-36.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record snow depth	167.6 cm (66.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Essej	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-59.5 C (-75.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Akron	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spruce	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Mateo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

485 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 75.

Records on 6 February 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	75

Records on 6 February 1969 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 27, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1969

Top 20 records on 6 February 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1969	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1969	Darwin Loco Works, AU	daily rain	186.4 mm (7.3 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1969	Alejskaja, RU	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Stavanger - Valand, NO	monthly rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Tg Jiu, RO	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	24.9 C (76.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	98 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Koolpinyah, AU	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Lisbon, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Riddle, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Ft Valley, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Cabazon, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Bend, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Britton, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Pocatello Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Greenville, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1969	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	monthly rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 485 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 100	373
100 to 200	30
200 to 300	14
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1