Weather Records on 6 January 1995

1,243 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1995. Highest significance: Dergholm (Hillgrove), AU.

Key Facts for 6 January 1995

On 6 January 1995, 1,243 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
373 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,215 daily.
Dergholm (Hillgrove) set a daily record precipitation of 29.6 mm (1.2 in) on 6 January 1995.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,243 stations

1,243 station records on 6 January 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Northumbria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Bowsden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walpeup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton (Donald St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton (Dendy Park Bowling C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lomba Alta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manangatang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zionsville 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lascelles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walpeup Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumaris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebud (Country Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,243 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 207, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 473, Heaviest daily snowfall 195, Deepest snow cover 114.

Records on 6 January 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	207
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	473
Heaviest daily snowfall	195
Deepest snow cover	114

Records on 6 January 1995 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 1,215.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,015 broken records

Margins by which the 1,015 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1995

Top 20 records on 6 January 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1995	Dergholm (Hillgrove), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1995	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1995	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Lovely Banks (Reservoir), AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Hickman, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	99 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Jericho (Northumbria), AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Glenorchy, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Jericho (Bowsden), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Eversley, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Walpeup, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Charlton (Donald St), AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Brighton (Dendy Park Bowling C, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Audubon, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Coldwater St School, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Burlington Junction, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Avoca (Post Office), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Werribee (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Cressy, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Fairbury 7S, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1995	Quambatook (Barraport North), AU	monthly rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	47 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1995. 1995 had 1,243 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 25	833
25 to 50	103
50 to 75	41
75 to 100	23
100 to 125	8
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	3