Weather Records on 6 April 1940

257 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1940. Highest significance: Waxahachie, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 1940

On 6 April 1940, 257 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 256 daily.
Waxahachie set a daily record precipitation of 97.8 mm (3.9 in) on 6 April 1940.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

257 stations

257 station records on 6 April 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarima	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denison Hwy 60 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record snow depth	143.0 cm (56.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canberra (Duntroon Military Co	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

257 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 April 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 April 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

219 broken records

Margins by which the 219 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1940

Top 20 records on 6 April 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1940	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	Dilley, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	Roy, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	Uvalde, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	Durant, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	Llano, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	Gainesville, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	Kaufman 3 SE, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1940	Gatesville, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1940	Coleman, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1940	Weatherford, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1940	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1940	Kerrville, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1940	Yarima, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1940	Chattanooga, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1940	Dawson, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	1 year	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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1940. 1940 had 257 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1940-04-06: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	205
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1