Weather Records on 6 January 2017

1,316 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 2017. Highest significance: Lethebrook, AU.

Key Facts for 6 January 2017

On 6 January 2017, 1,316 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 720 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 98 monthly and 1,203 daily.
Lethebrook set a daily record precipitation of 220.0 mm (8.7 in) on 6 January 2017.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,316 stations

1,316 station records on 6 January 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Villanueva	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Oak City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mindarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leedey	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosiori de Vede	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moravia 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville 13 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Telfer Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pudoz	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-33.6 C (-28.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raton Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla 1E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,316 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 357, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 363, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Heaviest daily snowfall 122, Deepest snow cover 151.

Records on 6 January 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	357
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	363
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	122
Deepest snow cover	151

Records on 6 January 2017 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 98, daily 1,203.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,116 broken records

Margins by which the 1,116 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 2017

Top 20 records on 6 January 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 2017	Lethebrook, AU	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	76 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2017	Villanueva, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2017	Oak City, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2017	Taloga, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Oakley, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Taung, ZA	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	89 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Mineral, US	all-time low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Gordon 6N, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	107 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Sturt Vale, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Mindarie, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Cedarville, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Fairfield Rs, US	all-time low max	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Orovada 3 W, US	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Marree (Witchelina), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Leedey, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Logan, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	112 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Spring Creek Station, AU	daily rain	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2017	Rosiori de Vede, RO	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	47 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2017. 2017 had 1,316 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 2017-01-06: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 January 2017
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,078
100 to 200	27
200 to 300	10
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1