Weather Records on 6 February 1991

1,923 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1991. Highest significance: Cordillo Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 6 February 1991

On 6 February 1991, 1,923 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,218 were record highs and 443 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,886 daily.
Cordillo Downs set an all-time record daily precipitation of 241.0 mm (9.5 in) on 6 February 1991.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 525 records.

Record Map

1,923 stations

1,923 station records on 6 February 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wanaaring (Thurloo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Turrawan (Wallah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein 11,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
The Garden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carsland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Leonard Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bedourie Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Dieguito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Marlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tia (Highrent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Campinas-Ia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stykkisholmur	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,923 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 530, Lowest daily maximum 312, Highest daily minimum 688, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 February 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	530
Lowest daily maximum	312
Highest daily minimum	688
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 February 1991 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 33, daily 1,886.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,653 broken records

Margins by which the 1,653 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1991

Top 20 records on 6 February 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1991	Cordillo Downs, AU	all-time rain	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	143.2 mm (5.6 in)	41 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 February 1991	Wanaaring (Thurloo Downs), AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 February 1991	Birdsville Police Station, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	92 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1991	Turrawan (Wallah), AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 February 1991	Arltunga, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Goodooga (Willawillingbah), AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Taunton, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Grootfontein 11,, ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Hyannis, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Newton, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	The Garden, AU	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low max	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Carsland, AU	daily rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Marion Downs, AU	all-time rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1991	Mount Leonard Station, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	46 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1991. 1991 had 1,923 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 20	1,586
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2