Weather Records on 6 December 1994

1,467 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1994. Highest significance: Tombstone, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 1994

On 6 December 1994, 1,467 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
828 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,409 daily.
Tombstone set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 6 December 1994.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,467 stations

1,467 station records on 6 December 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tillabery	Niger	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Simao	China	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Itariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mengzi	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bahia de Los Angeles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guanhanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Aguajito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Mansa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Y Lightning Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Herkimer	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Piratininga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.6 C (99.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rvr Pumps	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,467 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 283, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 545, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 401, Heaviest daily snowfall 87, Deepest snow cover 49.

Records on 6 December 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	283
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	545
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	401
Heaviest daily snowfall	87
Deepest snow cover	49

Records on 6 December 1994 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 58, daily 1,409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,133 broken records

Margins by which the 1,133 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1994

Top 20 records on 6 December 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1994	Tombstone, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1994	Ft Madison, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1994	Clifton, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1994	Mimbres 4NNW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1994	Tillabery, NE	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1994	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1994	Galva, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1994	Bingham 2 NE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1994	Caballo Dam, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 December 1994	Nebraska City 2NW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1994	White Signal, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1994	Bosque del Apache, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1994	Simao, CN	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1994	Itariri, BR	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1994	Abilene, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1994	Carrizozo 1SW, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1994	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1994	Mengzi, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1994	Ajo, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1994	Bowie, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	53 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

1804 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1994. 1994 had 1,467 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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 100	1,113
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1