Weather Records on 6 January 2020

514 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 2020. Highest significance: Bruce, AU.

Key Facts for 6 January 2020

On 6 January 2020, 514 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
254 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 503 daily.
Bruce set a daily record precipitation of 38.8 mm (1.5 in) on 6 January 2020.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

514 stations

514 station records on 6 January 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Baingoin	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Xinyang	China	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Enshi	China	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morchard (the Rocks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yichang	China	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zhumadian	China	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte-Yarcowie (Gum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cygnet Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.2 mm (7.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Souda Airport	Greece	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Qu Xian	China	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batamaj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dinghai	China	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoquiam Bowerman AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Youyang	China	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jian	China	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Ashrose)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Xingren	China	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hatanga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hartline	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquito Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington (Stonehaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cotonou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guilin	China	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haikou	China	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ganzhou	China	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchang	China	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nanping	China	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

514 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 6 January 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 6 January 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

450 broken records

Margins by which the 450 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 2020

Top 20 records on 6 January 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 2020	Bruce, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	101 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2020	Booleroo Centre (Willowie), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2020	Terowie, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2020	Baingoin, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Xinyang, CN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Enshi, CN	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Morchard (the Rocks), AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Stampede Pass, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Quorn (Depot Flat), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Whyte Yarcowie, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Olympia AP, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Orroroo (Black Rock), AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Yichang, CN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Zhumadian, CN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Durham, GB	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	135 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Whyte-Yarcowie (Gum Park), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	13.2 C (55.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	129 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Elma, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2020	Cygnet Bay, AU	daily rain	183.2 mm (7.2 in)	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	2 years	40 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2020. 2020 had 514 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 2020-01-06: 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 20	418
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2