Weather Records on 6 January 2022

1,071 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 2022. Highest significance: Ellensburg, US.

Key Facts for 6 January 2022

On 6 January 2022, 1,071 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
323 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,012 daily.
Ellensburg set a monthly record daily snowfall of 46.5 cm (18.3 in) on 6 January 2022.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,071 stations

1,071 station records on 6 January 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wenatchee	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Odessa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Yushu	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.2 cm (17.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Swifts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dworshak Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Millegan 14 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.2 cm (17.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Hawks Head Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hume Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gatum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Addington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Prosser	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
University Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson Winery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Funafuti Intl Arpt	Tuvalu	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Shannon Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,071 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 432, Heaviest daily snowfall 154, Deepest snow cover 57.

Records on 6 January 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	432
Heaviest daily snowfall	154
Deepest snow cover	57

Records on 6 January 2022 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 51, daily 1,012.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

914 broken records

Margins by which the 914 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 2022

Top 20 records on 6 January 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 2022	Ellensburg, US	monthly snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	115 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 January 2022	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Moorabool Reservoir, AU	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Wilsons Reservoir, AU	daily rain	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Cle Elum, US	monthly snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	115 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Wenatchee, US	all-time snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	50 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	88 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Odessa, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	110 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Tongio (Brooklands), AU	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Yushu, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Leavenworth 3 S, US	all-time snowfall	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Imperial, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	86 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Harrisburg 12WNW, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	82 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Ellensburg, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	110 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	45.2 cm (17.8 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	102 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2022	Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2022	Quincy, US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2022	Swifts Creek, AU	all-time rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2022	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	120 years	57 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2022. 2022 had 1,071 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 50	805
50 to 100	75
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2