Weather Records on 6 February 2017

848 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 February 2017. Highest significance: Colville, US.

Key Facts for 6 February 2017

On 6 February 2017, 848 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
431 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 817 daily.
Colville set a monthly record daily snowfall of 32.0 cm (12.6 in) on 6 February 2017.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 532 records.

Record Map

848 stations

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

Weather records on 6 February 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Fishtail	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chelan	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clearbrook	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Valley 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Turany	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
St Mary	United States	Record snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Mary	United States	Record daily snowfall	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wenatchee	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.7 cm (16.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lautoka	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tolt S Fk Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Rs	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hungry Horse Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Phillip Island Penguin Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Kent Town)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

848 records

Records set or tied on 6 February 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 6 February 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 6 February 2017 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 27, daily 817.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

685 broken records

Margins by which the 685 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 February 2017

Top 20 records on 6 February 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 2017	Colville, US	monthly snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	90 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 February 2017	Fishtail, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2017	Newport, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2017	Gordon 6N, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	96 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2017	E Glacier, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2017	Chelan, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 February 2017	Clearbrook, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	Tallinn, EE	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	Strawberry Valley 2, US	daily rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	Waterville, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	115 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	110 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	Turany, CZ	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	St Mary, US	all-time snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	Seattle Tacoma AP, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	St Mary, US	all-time snowfall	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	Republic, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	Wenatchee, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	Hallock, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	116 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	Old Faithful, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 February 2017	Deaver, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	52 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2017. 2017 had 848 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 2017-02-06: 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 2026-10-16 (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	657
100 to 200	23
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1