Weather Records on 6 January 1979

1,782 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1979. Highest significance: Kuranda Railway Station, AU.

Key Facts for 6 January 1979

On 6 January 1979, 1,782 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 793 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,732 daily.
Kuranda Railway Station set a daily record precipitation of 395.0 mm (15.6 in) on 6 January 1979.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,782 stations

1,782 station records on 6 January 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	395.0 mm (15.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Box Butte Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minersville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Celle (Stadt)	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tavira	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barron Upper 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Escondido	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hemet	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Simplicio Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Landing 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laurier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borkum-Suderstrasse	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,782 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 400, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 393, Heaviest daily rainfall 326, Heaviest daily snowfall 216, Deepest snow cover 368.

Records on 6 January 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	400
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	393
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	216
Deepest snow cover	368

Records on 6 January 1979 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 44, daily 1,732.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,461 broken records

Margins by which the 1,461 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1979

Top 20 records on 6 January 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1979	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	395.0 mm (15.6 in)	238.5 mm (9.4 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1979	Box Butte Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Clohesy River, AU	daily rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Koah, AU	daily rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Belleplain STN Forest, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Minersville, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Mystic Lake, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Atchison, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Vine Creek, AU	daily rain	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Celle (Stadt), DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Tavira, PT	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Helena 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Barron Upper 1, AU	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1979	Escondido, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	43 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1979. 1979 had 1,782 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 100	1,395
100 to 200	57
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	3