Weather Records on 6 January 2013

350 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 2013. Highest significance: Obojan, RU.

Key Facts for 6 January 2013

On 6 January 2013, 350 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 336 daily.
Obojan set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 6 January 2013.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

350 stations

350 station records on 6 January 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Obojan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Southbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williambury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Gurion	Israel	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Plymouth AWS	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalupe Grijalva	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	93.0 cm (36.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Springs Nwr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record low minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record low minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Dg	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wikieup	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bombay/Santacruz	India	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	48.2 C (118.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amritsar	India	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mouyondzi	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jerusalem Central	Israel	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Chamula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paso de Cunduacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aparri	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hularin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leigh Creek Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.3 C (115.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Klagenfurt(Civ/Mil)	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parker Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cutler Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Acapulco de Juarez (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Smartno Pri Slovenj Gradcu	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corrigin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Ag Research STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Antofagasta	Chile	Record low maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

350 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 56, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 6 January 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	56
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 6 January 2013 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 8, daily 336.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

281 broken records

Margins by which the 281 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 2013

Top 20 records on 6 January 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 2013	Obojan, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Southbourne, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Topaz Lake, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Williambury, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Lugano, CH	daily high max	19.9 C (67.8 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Wien, AT	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Lajas Substn, PR	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Callao, US	all-time low max	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Ft Davis, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Ben Gurion, IL	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Mt Locke, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	New Plymouth AWS, NZ	all-time high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Capitan, US	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Montello 2NE, US	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Provo Byu, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Mayaguez City, PR	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Natitingou, BJ	daily low min	11.9 C (53.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Guadalupe Grijalva, MX	all-time low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2013	Jokkmokk, SE	daily snow depth	93.0 cm (36.6 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	77 years	35 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2013. 2013 had 350 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 20	264
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1