Weather Records on 6 February 1980

737 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1980. Highest significance: Tsolo, ZA.

Key Facts for 6 February 1980

On 6 February 1980, 737 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 715 daily.
Tsolo set an all-time record daily precipitation of 170.0 mm (6.7 in) on 6 February 1980.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 533 records.

Record Map

737 stations

737 station records on 6 February 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Ipira (Camisao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Driver 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Filomena (Munduri)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cormick 9 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benton 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Gil (I.de Itaparica)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aracatu (Sao Pedro)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salvisa Lock 6	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ines	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Do Doutor	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norcross	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

737 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 229, Deepest snow cover 144.

Records on 6 February 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	229
Deepest snow cover	144

Records on 6 February 1980 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 11, daily 715.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

611 broken records

Margins by which the 611 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1980

Top 20 records on 6 February 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1980	Tsolo, ZA	all-time rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	77 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1980	Ipira (Camisao), BR	monthly rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1980	Suffolk Lake Kilby, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1980	Suffolk Lake Kilby, US	all-time snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1980	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	McColl 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Driver 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Anderson, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Willard 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Kingstree, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Aracaju, BR	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Gainesville, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Shelby 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Nazare, BR	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Santa Filomena (Munduri), BR	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1980	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	50 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 737 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 50	460
50 to 100	118
100 to 150	27
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1