Weather Records on 6 April 1921

229 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1921. Highest significance: Cambridge Downs Station, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 1921

On 6 April 1921, 229 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 212 daily.
Cambridge Downs Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 162.6 mm (6.4 in) on 6 April 1921.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

229 stations

229 station records on 6 April 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.8 mm (8.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Morton Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Gresford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Pier Pier)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.7 mm (8.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lila Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

229 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 6 April 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 April 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 212.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

212 broken records

Margins by which the 212 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1921

Top 20 records on 6 April 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1921	Cambridge Downs Station, AU	monthly rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Millaquin Sugar, AU	monthly rain	225.8 mm (8.9 in)	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Binnaway (Hawthorne), AU	monthly rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Maryborough, AU	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Gnomery, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Gigoomgan, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Gumbardo, AU	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Enngonia (Morton Plains), AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Battleford, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	New Angledool Telephone Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Thargomindah Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1921	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1921	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1921	Gympie, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1921	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1921	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1921	Eulo Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	30 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1921. 1921 had 229 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 20	180
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1