Weather Records on 6 February 1999

1,200 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 1999. Highest significance: De Soto, US.

Key Facts for 6 February 1999

On 6 February 1999, 1,200 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
911 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,159 daily.
De Soto set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 6 February 1999.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 530 records.

Record Map

1,200 stations

1,200 station records on 6 February 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buncom 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Festus	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crane	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koolburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Green Springs Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Union de San Antonio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,200 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 410, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 501, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 6 February 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	410
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	501
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 6 February 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 1,159.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

950 broken records

Margins by which the 950 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 1999

Top 20 records on 6 February 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 1999	De Soto, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Tuscola, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Steelville 2 N, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Summersville 3 SE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Buncom 1 NNE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Festus, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Houston, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Quincy, US	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Bedford 4 SW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Legaspi, PH	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Haskell, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Seminole, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	El Reno 1 N, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Crane, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Crosbyton, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Fredericksburg, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Robert Lee 4WSW, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Knoxville, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 1999	Koolburra, AU	daily rain	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	40 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1999. 1999 had 1,200 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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Data for records on 1999-02-06: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	938
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1