Weather Records on 6 January 1978

691 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1978. Highest significance: Angurugu, AU.

Key Facts for 6 January 1978

On 6 January 1978, 691 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
263 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 683 daily.
Angurugu set a daily record precipitation of 124.0 mm (4.9 in) on 6 January 1978.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

691 stations

691 station records on 6 January 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Angurugu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merton Weir Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Desterro Do Melo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alldays	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Ulinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woonona (Popes Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Dale West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rocksprings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley (Midkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yalwal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linguere	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

691 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 329, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 6 January 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	329
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 6 January 1978 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 683.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

558 broken records

Margins by which the 558 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1978

Top 20 records on 6 January 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1978	Angurugu, AU	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Upper Bingara (Emohta), AU	daily rain	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Gravesend Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Leura Post Office, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Mansfield (Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Nanango Wills St, AU	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Bellata (Aberfeldie), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Merton Weir Farm, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Desterro Do Melo, BR	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Alldays, ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Eldorado, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Puerto Madero, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Tuross, AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Bredbo (Bredbo Station), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Talisman I, MX	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1978	Urana Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	76 years	39 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1978. 1978 had 691 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 1978-01-06: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	533
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1