Weather Records on 6 January 1999

1,894 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1999. Highest significance: Myrup, AU.

Key Facts for 6 January 1999

On 6 January 1999, 1,894 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
787 were record highs and 517 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 121 monthly and 1,759 daily.
Myrup set an all-time record daily precipitation of 105.9 mm (4.2 in) on 6 January 1999.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,894 stations

1,894 station records on 6 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Pleasant Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Esperance Downs Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lort River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Oake Marsh Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lake King	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pontiac	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Richfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Katta Barega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Madden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Madison	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Adina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Loughrea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chesalon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dajarra Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Mor	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello (River)	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waikiki 717.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,894 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 516, Lowest daily maximum 160, Highest daily minimum 271, Lowest daily minimum 357, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 198.

Records on 6 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	516
Lowest daily maximum	160
Highest daily minimum	271
Lowest daily minimum	357
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	198

Records on 6 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 121, daily 1,759.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,555 broken records

Margins by which the 1,555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1999

Top 20 records on 6 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1999	Myrup, AU	all-time rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	78 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Pleasant Valley, AU	all-time rain	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Hobart 2 WNW, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Esperance Downs Research STN, AU	all-time rain	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Lort River, AU	all-time rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Oake Marsh Farm, AU	monthly rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Lake King, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Pontiac, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Richfields, AU	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Katta Barega, AU	monthly rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Mount Madden, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	White Hall 1 E, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Ft Madison, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 January 1999	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1999	Dalyup Park, AU	all-time rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1999	Lewistown AP, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1999	Salmon Gums, AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1999	Salmon Gums Res.STN., AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1999	Lincoln, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1999	Adina, AU	all-time rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	52 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1999. 1999 had 1,894 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 1999-01-06: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 January 1999
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,484
100 to 200	52
200 to 300	14
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1