Weather Records on 6 February 2002

1,291 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 2002. Highest significance: Milan, IT.

Key Facts for 6 February 2002

On 6 February 2002, 1,291 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
462 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,236 daily.
Milan set a daily record precipitation of 56.8 mm (2.2 in) on 6 February 2002.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 529 records.

Record Map

1,291 stations

1,291 station records on 6 February 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Broken Bow 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.8 mm (6.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.0 mm (9.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Horatio	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valliant 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sylvania	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berryville 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.2 mm (8.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Tipperary)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Huntingdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond (Koala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,291 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 259, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 380, Heaviest daily snowfall 199, Deepest snow cover 149.

Records on 6 February 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	259
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	380
Heaviest daily snowfall	199
Deepest snow cover	149

Records on 6 February 2002 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 38, daily 1,236.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,094 broken records

Margins by which the 1,094 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 2002

Top 20 records on 6 February 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 2002	Milan, IT	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 February 2002	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2002	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2002	Fulton, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	106 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2002	Silver Creek Falls, US	all-time rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	2 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2002	Mandora, AU	daily rain	138.6 mm (5.5 in)	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2002	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	108 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2002	Broken Bow 1 N, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2002	Port Sudan, SD	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2002	Oden 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2002	Stuttgart, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	102 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2002	Coffs Harbour Mo, AU	daily rain	165.8 mm (6.5 in)	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2002	McCamey, US	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2002	Warrawagine, AU	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2002	Wandsworth (Strabanne), AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2002	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2002	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	monthly rain	232.0 mm (9.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	115 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2002	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	110 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2002	Mena, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2002	Smithville, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	78 years	56 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2002. 2002 had 1,291 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	1,611
2020	1,163
2021	836
2022	516
2023	255
2024	904
2025	935
2026	987

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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 25	798
25 to 50	118
50 to 75	78
75 to 100	57
100 to 125	24
125 to 150	16
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1