Weather Records on 6 February 2006

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 2006. Highest significance: Lowville, US.

Key Facts for 6 February 2006

On 6 February 2006, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
285 were record highs and 231 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 749 daily.
Lowville set a daily record snowfall of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 6 February 2006.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 532 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 6 February 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Okeechobee	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hammer Odde Fyr-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flemingsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halsafjord II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orskog	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nyhammar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rushford	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monclova	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rybinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gillastig	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Austral Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Represa El Aleman	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presidio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jess Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.6 C (112.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bialystok	Poland	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mys Shmidta	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.1 C (-45.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Debaltseve	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chemult	United States	Record snow depth	167.6 cm (66.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dailey 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Soljanka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 6 February 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 6 February 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 318.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 2006

Top 20 records on 6 February 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 2006	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2006	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Okeechobee, US	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Hammer Odde Fyr-1, DK	monthly rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Detour Village, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Dorset, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Hustadvatn, NO	daily rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Valley Head, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Holyoke, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Eide Pa Nordmore, NO	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Flemingsburg 2 N, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Alfred, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Chardon, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Allegany Sp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Bad Muskau, DE	daily low min	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Sublette 7WSW, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	78 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Semjachik, RU	all-time low max	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Warsaw 6 SW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2006	Lead, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	88 years	35 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2006. 2006 had 768 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 2006-02-06: 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	596
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1