Weather Records on 6 April 1942

413 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1942. Highest significance: Raiganj, IN.

Key Facts for 6 April 1942

On 6 April 1942, 413 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 404 daily.
Raiganj set a monthly record daily precipitation of 165.1 mm (6.5 in) on 6 April 1942.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

413 stations

413 station records on 6 April 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mohanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Matatiele	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sivagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dantan	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuni	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Contai	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kesiary Kaltikri	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forbesganj	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kallakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taos Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

413 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 6 April 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 6 April 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

346 broken records

Margins by which the 346 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1942

Top 20 records on 6 April 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1942	Raiganj, IN	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Mohanpur, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Matatiele, ZA	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Neosho Rapids, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	New England, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Barramunga, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Sivagiri, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Sagar Island, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	S Bend AP, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	all-time rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Dantan, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Silda Belpahari, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Olathe 3E, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Tiruvannamalai, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Itchapuram, IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Kumily, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Tuni, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Contai, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1942	Phelps, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)

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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1942. 1942 had 413 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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Data for records on 1942-04-06: 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 20	284
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4