Weather Records on 6 April 1946

312 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1946. Highest significance: Assobani, IN.

Key Facts for 6 April 1946

On 6 April 1946, 312 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 306 daily.
Assobani set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 6 April 1946.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

312 stations

312 station records on 6 April 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deoria	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woods (Quoin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baripada	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sindgi	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bansi	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgi	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

312 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 6 April 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 April 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 306.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

265 broken records

Margins by which the 265 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 1946

Top 20 records on 6 April 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1946	Assobani, IN	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1946	Gangajalghati, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1946	Deoria, IN	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1946	Parrsboro, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Dauphin, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Woods (Quoin), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Anadia, BR	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Sviland, NO	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Martins, BR	monthly rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Baripada, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Carrabelle 1 NNW, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Colebrook (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Atalaia, BR	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Gaspe, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Appleton City, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Henrietta, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1946	Junction 4SSW, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	35 years	25 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1946. 1946 had 312 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	256
25 to 50	7
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1