Weather Records on 6 February 2000

545 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 2000. Highest significance: W Otis, US.

Key Facts for 6 February 2000

On 6 February 2000, 545 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
271 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 529 daily.
W Otis set a daily record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 6 February 2000.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

545 stations

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

Weather records on 6 February 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
W Otis	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Heiberg Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenicia	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aguia Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malpaso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.3 mm (6.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sukumo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Yautepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.8 mm (7.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yarras (Mount Seaview)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pietersburg Muni	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miri	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva Rsch Farm	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gleneagle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Antonio Do Manhuacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Sabaneta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gen. Santos	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.6 mm (6.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naha	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tejocotes	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tamazula de Victoria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Angeles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston Airport Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Huerta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Lucas Ojitlan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

545 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 6 February 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 6 February 2000 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 12, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

425 broken records

Margins by which the 425 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 585.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 2000

Top 20 records on 6 February 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 2000	W Otis, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Tully Heiberg Forest, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Phoenicia, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Cold Bay AP, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	58.5 cm (23.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Aguia Branca, BR	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	133 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Malpaso, MX	all-time low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Weona, AU	daily rain	168.3 mm (6.6 in)	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Kristianstad, SE	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Osijek, HR	daily high max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	96 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Biskra, DZ	daily low min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Graz, AT	daily high max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2000	Budapest, HU	daily high max	14.6 C (58.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	66 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 2000	Sukumo, JP	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 February 2000	San Carlos Yautepec, MX	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	34 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

1793 to 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2000. 2000 had 545 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 2000-02-06: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	415
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1