Weather Records on 6 January 2021

385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 2021. Highest significance: Madras/Minambakkam, IN.

Key Facts for 6 January 2021

On 6 January 2021, 385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 374 daily.
Madras/Minambakkam set a daily record precipitation of 126.0 mm (5.0 in) on 6 January 2021.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

385 stations

385 station records on 6 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Goshen Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.4 mm (8.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	303.2 mm (11.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huailai	China	Record low minimum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kuantan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Datong	China	Record low minimum temperature	-29.2 C (-20.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paraburdoo Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jinan	China	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willis Island	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huade	China	Record low minimum temperature	-34.1 C (-29.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huili	China	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Idalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lind 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huimin	China	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sainshand	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fagerhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
College STN Easterwood Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yanzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bougouni	Mali	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Glacier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moses Lake Grant Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bahia Blanca Aero	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hohhot	China	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jarud Qi	China	Record low minimum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lancang	China	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jabalpur	India	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kufra	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goa/Panjim	India	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sikasso	Mali	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maradi	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agadez	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koror	Palau	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

385 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

334 broken records

Margins by which the 334 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 550.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 2021

Top 20 records on 6 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 2021	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	119 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 January 2021	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2021	New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2021	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2021	Goshen Station, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Bingil Bay, AU	daily rain	224.4 mm (8.8 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Ingham Composite, AU	daily rain	303.2 mm (11.9 in)	159.6 mm (6.3 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Huailai, CN	all-time low min	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Kuantan, MY	daily rain	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	108.3 mm (4.3 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova, RU	daily high max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Oskarshamn, SE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova, RU	daily high min	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	7.9 C (14.2 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily low min	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Datong, CN	all-time low min	-29.2 C (-20.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Paraburdoo Aero, AU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Jinan, CN	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Curtis, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Steele 4N, US	daily high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2021	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	39 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2021. 2021 had 385 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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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 100	331
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1