Weather Records on 6 January 1993

1,019 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1993. Highest significance: La Puerta, MX.

Key Facts for 6 January 1993

On 6 January 1993, 1,019 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
437 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 972 daily.
La Puerta set an all-time record daily precipitation of 125.2 mm (4.9 in) on 6 January 1993.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,019 stations

1,019 station records on 6 January 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Puerta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Minden	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Las Palmas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dellyanine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Biloela Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Valle de la Trinidad	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Bela Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ensenada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bilma	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tavernier	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Tomas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Toro MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record snow depth	157.5 cm (62.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tihosuco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record snow depth	203.2 cm (80.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,019 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 341, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 97.

Records on 6 January 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	97

Records on 6 January 1993 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 39, daily 972.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

823 broken records

Margins by which the 823 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 1993

Top 20 records on 6 January 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1993	La Puerta, MX	all-time rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1993	Minden, US	all-time snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Susanville 2SW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Bridgeport, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Valle de Las Palmas, MX	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Saint Maries, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Santa Cruz, MX	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Medina, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Dellyanine, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Biloela Dpi, AU	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Colonia Valle de la Trinidad, MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	San Francisco Oceanside, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Minden, US	daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Carson City, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Fazenda Bela Vista, BR	daily rain	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Ensenada, MX	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Presa Rodriguez, MX	all-time rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1993	Bilma, NE	all-time low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	48 years	44 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1993. 1993 had 1,019 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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Data for records on 1993-01-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	790
100 to 200	20
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	5
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	2