Weather Records on 6 January 1981

794 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1981. Highest significance: Buntzen Lake, CA.

Key Facts for 6 January 1981

On 6 January 1981, 794 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 184 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 774 daily.
Buntzen Lake set an all-time record daily snowfall of 90.0 cm (35.4 in) on 6 January 1981.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

794 stations

794 station records on 6 January 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buntzen Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Nuri	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Navojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.2 cm (9.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taquari-Vai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.0 mm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Sao Jose	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Etchojoa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tesia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shawville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Pilar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Do Pinheiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Changsha	China	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chenaux	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lingling	China	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Legkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.5 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mulege	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

794 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 6 January 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 6 January 1981 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 774.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

646 broken records

Margins by which the 646 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 392.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1981

Top 20 records on 6 January 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1981	Buntzen Lake, CA	all-time snowfall	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	39.2 cm (15.4 in)	45 years	78 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1981	Nuri, MX	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Navojoa, MX	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Halmstad, SE	daily low max	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily snowfall	23.2 cm (9.1 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Taquari-Vai, BR	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	229.0 mm (9.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Usina Sao Jose, BR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Etchojoa, MX	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Tesia, MX	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Barkestad, NO	daily snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	79 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Shawville, CA	daily snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Waterloo 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	El Pilar, MX	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Quiriego (Smn), MX	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Dos Bocas, PR	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1981	Creighton, US	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	82 years	37 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1981. 1981 had 794 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	601
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1