Weather Records on 6 April 1928

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1928. Highest significance: Helena, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 1928

On 6 April 1928, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
196 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 393 daily.
Helena set a daily record precipitation of 94.5 mm (3.7 in) on 6 April 1928.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 6 April 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 6 April 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 6 April 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 393.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1928

Top 20 records on 6 April 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1928	Helena, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1928	Fairmont, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1928	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1928	Eau Claire, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1928	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1928	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1928	Concordia ASOS, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1928	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	Sycamore, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	Corning, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	Newport, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	Arcadia, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1928	Robeline, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1928. 1928 had 398 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 25	283
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1