Weather Records on 6 January 2001

1,113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 2001. Highest significance: Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten, DE.

Key Facts for 6 January 2001

On 6 January 2001, 1,113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
555 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,048 daily.
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten set a daily record precipitation of 38.4 mm (1.5 in) on 6 January 2001.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,113 stations

1,113 station records on 6 January 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Anqing	China	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Payerne	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-51.8 C (-61.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wertsville 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Asker	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tajga	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-38.6 C (-37.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barnaul	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.2 C (-54.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Essex Fells Svc Bldg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yajlju	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.5 C (-24.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.1 C (-49.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.6 C (-24.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zuara	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kamen-Na-Obi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-49.6 C (-57.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barnaul	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-40.4 C (-40.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Xuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rebriha	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-40.8 C (-41.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-38.0 C (-36.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yajlju	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuzedeevo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bakchar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.8 C (-55.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ogurcovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-39.9 C (-39.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ermakovskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-35.9 C (-32.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,113 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 292, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 112.

Records on 6 January 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	292
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	112

Records on 6 January 2001 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 47, daily 1,048.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

893 broken records

Margins by which the 893 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 2001

Top 20 records on 6 January 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 2001	Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten, DE	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Anqing, CN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Bad Axe, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Dongtai, CN	monthly rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Payerne, CH	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Anderson Wtr Wks, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Boos, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Oswego 1 N, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Everett, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Guttenberg L&D 10, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Bijsk Zonalnaja, RU	all-time low min	-51.8 C (-61.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Vinton, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Wertsville 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Hefei, CN	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Asker, NO	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Tajga, RU	all-time low max	-38.6 C (-37.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Barnaul, RU	all-time low min	-48.2 C (-54.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Ridgway, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Nerriga Composite, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2001	Kazan, RU	daily high min	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	41 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2001. 2001 had 1,113 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 2026-10-14 (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 50	819
50 to 100	43
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	2