Weather Records on 6 January 2023

555 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 2023. Highest significance: Animskog, SE.

Key Facts for 6 January 2023

On 6 January 2023, 555 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
290 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 543 daily.
Animskog set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 6 January 2023.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

555 stations

555 station records on 6 January 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Animskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Diablo Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pipe Spring Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jensen	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Dam	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Intl	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wilson	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.2 mm (6.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jensen	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midwest	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camiri	Bolivia	Record low minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pulaski	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Numinbah State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wurzburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Padre Aldamiz	Peru	Record low minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uddevalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Svaneholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prompton Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minqin	China	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Comodoro Rivadavia	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Helen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Horse Shoe Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tubuai	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reinli	Norway	Record snow depth	109.0 cm (42.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

555 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 6 January 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 6 January 2023 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 543.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 2023

Top 20 records on 6 January 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 2023	Animskog, SE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 January 2023	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Morgan, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	105 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Bijsk Zonalnaja, RU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	De Bilt, NL	daily high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	120 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Mt Diablo Junction, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Hayden, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Hyannis, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Luling, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Pipe Spring Nm, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	World Trade Ctr, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Jensen, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	79 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Echo Dam, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Durban Intl, ZA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Lake Wilson, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Montrose, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 2023	Ayr Dpi Research STN, AU	daily rain	162.2 mm (6.4 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	1 year	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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2023. 2023 had 555 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 2023-01-06: 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 50	454
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1