Weather Records on 6 April 1934

211 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1934. Highest significance: Nethercote, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 1934

On 6 April 1934, 211 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 206 daily.
Nethercote set a daily record precipitation of 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 6 April 1934.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

211 stations

211 station records on 6 April 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nethercote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Lomond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

211 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 April 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 April 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 206.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

178 broken records

Margins by which the 178 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1934

Top 20 records on 6 April 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1934	Nethercote, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Dalveen, AU	monthly rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Uralla (Dumaresq St), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Winfield 3NE, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Pratten, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Wyndham Post Office, AU	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Allora Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1934	Kameruka (Kameruka Estate), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1934	Pawhuska, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1934	Wallangarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1934	Murgoo, AU	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1934	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1934	Wollomombi (Wallamumbi), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1934	Murphys Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1934	Wilton, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1934. 1934 had 211 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 10	108
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1