Weather Records on 6 January 1985

1,096 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1985. Highest significance: Reenen, ZA.

Key Facts for 6 January 1985

On 6 January 1985, 1,096 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 828 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 1,021 daily.
Reenen set an all-time record daily precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 6 January 1985.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,096 stations

1,096 station records on 6 January 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-31.2 C (-24.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shemya USAF Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-41.2 C (-42.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-30.9 C (-23.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record snow depth	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zacatecas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-30.9 C (-23.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Potgietersrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palizada	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murmansk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jyvaskyla Lentoasema	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-31.9 C (-25.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vaasa Vaasan Lentoasema	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kajaani Lentoasema-1	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-37.1 C (-34.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Ciampino	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murmansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poljarnoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kredarica	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,096 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 425, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 403, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 81.

Records on 6 January 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	425
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	403
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	81

Records on 6 January 1985 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 56, daily 1,021.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

946 broken records

Margins by which the 946 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 January 1985

Top 20 records on 6 January 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1985	Reenen, ZA	all-time rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Sonnblick, AT	monthly low max	-31.2 C (-24.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Shemya USAF Base, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Dumas, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Koster (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Lowestoft, GB	daily low max	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Sodankyla AWS, FI	all-time low max	-41.2 C (-42.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Brocken, DE	daily low max	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Saint Francis, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Zugspitze, DE	daily low min	-30.9 C (-23.6 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Saentis, CH	daily low min	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Stuttgart-Stadt, DE	daily snow depth	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	15.9 cm (6.3 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily low max	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Freiburg, DE	daily low max	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low min	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Zacatecas (Smn), MX	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Teriberka, RU	daily low max	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1985	Basel Binningen, CH	daily low max	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1985. 1985 had 1,096 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 50	921
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1