Weather Records on 6 April 1920

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1920. Highest significance: Anticosti Heath Point, CA.

Key Facts for 6 April 1920

On 6 April 1920, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 56 daily.
Anticosti Heath Point set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 6 April 1920.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 6 April 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 20, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 April 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 April 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 56.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

45 broken records

Margins by which the 45 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 28.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1920

Top 20 records on 6 April 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1920	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1920	Halifax, CA	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1920	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Edmonton, CA	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Alma, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Saint John, CA	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Minnedosa, CA	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Adrian 2 NNE, US	monthly low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	10 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Qu'appelle, CA	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	7 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1920	Point Escuminac, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 years	16 of 100 (Routine)

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

1808 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1920. 1920 had 57 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-06 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1809	2
1815	1
1839	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	2
1866	1
1874	1
1881	5
1883	1
1884	1
1886	6
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	5
1899	3
1900	3
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	16
1905	18
1906	8
1907	21
1908	11
1909	43
1910	59
1911	59
1912	49
1913	101
1914	32
1915	25
1916	43
1917	120
1918	68
1919	65
1920	57
1921	229
1922	96
1923	96
1924	91
1925	73
1926	442
1927	80
1928	398
1929	959
1930	265
1931	248
1932	257
1933	499
1934	211
1935	460
1936	911
1937	301
1938	637
1939	611
1940	257
1941	205
1942	413
1943	510
1944	369
1945	303
1946	312
1947	411
1948	417
1949	316
1950	664
1951	559
1952	492
1953	261
1954	789
1955	342
1956	360
1957	330
1958	507
1959	551
1960	718
1961	382
1962	456
1963	551
1964	558
1965	524
1966	390
1967	671
1968	507
1969	504
1970	525
1971	691
1972	772
1973	449
1974	580
1975	1,188
1976	356
1977	838
1978	654
1979	1,233
1980	520
1981	388
1982	3,186
1983	1,454
1984	578
1985	856
1986	654
1987	1,120
1988	1,273
1989	1,396
1990	856
1991	1,939
1992	952
1993	721
1994	1,124
1995	973
1996	1,054
1997	1,870
1998	860
1999	1,703
2000	714
2001	1,172
2002	778
2003	1,339
2004	669
2005	818
2006	1,131
2007	1,328
2008	803
2009	885
2010	1,352
2011	841
2012	675
2013	595
2014	518
2015	396
2016	920
2017	490
2018	1,069
2019	397
2020	608
2021	948
2022	854
2023	1,598
2024	1,706
2025	1,034
2026	600

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	27
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	2