Weather Records on 6 February 2016

456 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 2016. Highest significance: Mariinsk, RU.

Key Facts for 6 February 2016

On 6 February 2016, 456 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 443 daily.
Mariinsk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 6 February 2016.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

456 stations

456 station records on 6 February 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 February 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mariinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Malacca	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wray	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rexford	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yeovilton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Evora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baggs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zonguldak	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camballin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster 4W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Francis 8NW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norcatur 3WSW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Studley 9NNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Havelock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood 8SSE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zilair	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beverley Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chuxiong	China	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Novy-Port	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Makuschino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

456 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 69.

Records on 6 February 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	69

Records on 6 February 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 443.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

386 broken records

Margins by which the 386 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 2016

Top 20 records on 6 February 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 2016	Mariinsk, RU	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2016	Malacca, MY	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2016	Wray, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	112 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2016	Rexford, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2016	Jiggs 2NE, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Yeovilton, GB	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Wamsutter, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Harrisburg 12WNW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Evora Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Wilsonville, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Dresden, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	112 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Harlan Co Lake, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Quinter, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Nephi, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Baggs, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Mount Jukes, AU	daily rain	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Kurrajong, AU	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Port-Gentil, GA	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2016	Zonguldak, TR	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	42 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2016. 2016 had 456 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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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	361
100 to 200	20
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1