Weather Records on 6 January 2010

1,543 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 2010. Highest significance: Ft Meade, US.

Key Facts for 6 January 2010

On 6 January 2010, 1,543 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 624 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 25 were all-time records, 89 monthly and 1,429 daily.
Ft Meade set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 6 January 2010.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,543 stations

1,543 station records on 6 January 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Halliday	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres (Isla)/S	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Junction	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riveren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waubay Natl Wild Life	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ostmark-Lambacken	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,543 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 362, Highest daily minimum 188, Lowest daily minimum 262, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 153, Deepest snow cover 249.

Records on 6 January 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	362
Highest daily minimum	188
Lowest daily minimum	262
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	153
Deepest snow cover	249

Records on 6 January 2010 by timescale: all-time 25, monthly 89, daily 1,429.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,239 broken records

Margins by which the 1,239 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 2010

Top 20 records on 6 January 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 2010	Ft Meade, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 January 2010	Spearfish, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2010	Akron, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2010	Halliday, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2010	Aberdeen, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	114 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2010	Don Muang, TH	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2010	Ipswich, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2010	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	93 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	San Andres (Isla)/S, CO	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	Watford City, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	Faulkton, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	Burlington Junction, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	Marshall, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	Parsons 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	Ewing, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	Webster, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	112 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	Spencer 1 N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2010	Windom, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	49 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2010. 2010 had 1,543 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 2010-01-06: 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 2026-10-17 (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	1,079
50 to 100	101
100 to 150	39
150 to 200	12
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2