Weather Records on 6 February 1970

320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1970. Highest significance: Cape Agulhas, ZA.

Key Facts for 6 February 1970

On 6 February 1970, 320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 309 daily.
Cape Agulhas set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 6 February 1970.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

320 stations

320 station records on 6 February 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Agulhas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Duartina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanup East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.7 mm (8.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farleigh Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tussenbeide	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Riversul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee Agric Res Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dajarra Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ourinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pelserskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pompeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shepetivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castledene	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

320 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 6 February 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 6 February 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

281 broken records

Margins by which the 281 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1970

Top 20 records on 6 February 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1970	Cape Agulhas, ZA	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1970	Bunbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1970	Boyanup, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1970	Capel, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1970	Quindalup, AU	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Brunswick Junction, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Busselton Shire, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Buxton (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Donnybrook, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Hanover (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Roelands Village, AU	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Duartina, BR	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Dardanup East, AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	218.7 mm (8.6 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Fountain Head, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Iliamna AP, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Cameron, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1970	Baddeck, CA	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 1970	Farleigh Railway Station, AU	daily rain	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	23 years	33 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1970. 1970 had 320 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 20	249
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3