Weather Records on 6 January 2000

614 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 2000. Highest significance: Guayama 1SW, PR.

Key Facts for 6 January 2000

On 6 January 2000, 614 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 209 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 586 daily.
Guayama 1SW set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 6 January 2000.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

614 stations

614 station records on 6 January 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eradu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Teniente Alejandro Velasco As	Peru	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bokerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orlik	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-36.2 C (-33.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toyama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alfoten II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Udskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindong	China	Record low minimum temperature	-31.8 C (-25.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Takada	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nara	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamada	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nuevo Rosarito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union de San Antonio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Casillas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Homutovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-44.9 C (-48.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.1 C (-25.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.3 C (-49.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Matsue	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Finca A. Prusia	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Concha	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Soljanka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-36.9 C (-34.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.7 C (-35.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sutur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lindong	China	Record low maximum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osaka	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Pocitas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.3 C (-31.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moskalvo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aikawa	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wakayama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.1 C (-40.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

614 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 January 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 January 2000 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 24, daily 586.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 2000

Top 20 records on 6 January 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 2000	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2000	Eradu, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Poset, RU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Bomnak, RU	daily high min	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Goliad 1 E, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Teniente Alejandro Velasco As, PE	daily low min	0.7 C (33.3 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Bokerup, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Orlik, RU	all-time low max	-36.2 C (-33.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Southport 5 N, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Toyama, JP	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7.9 C (14.2 F)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily high min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Alfoten II, NO	daily rain	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Torungen Fyr, NO	daily high min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	86 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2000	Udskoe, RU	daily high max	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 2000	Cuero, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 2000	Torrington Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 2000	Lindong, CN	all-time low min	-31.8 C (-25.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 2000	Port Alsworth, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 2000	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2000. 2000 had 614 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 2000-01-06: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	494
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1