Weather Records on 6 April 1948

417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1948. Highest significance: Castro Alves, BR.

Key Facts for 6 April 1948

On 6 April 1948, 417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 409 daily.
Castro Alves set a daily record precipitation of 54.3 mm (2.1 in) on 6 April 1948.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

417 stations

417 station records on 6 April 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Castro Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Germantown 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

417 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 6 April 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 6 April 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

307 broken records

Margins by which the 307 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1948

Top 20 records on 6 April 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1948	Castro Alves, BR	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Waren, DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Greenfield, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Westfield 2 SSE, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Piqua, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Anderson Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Vicosa, BR	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Indus, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Pleasant Valley, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1948	Hankey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1948	Dialville 2 W, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1948	Whitestown, US	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1948	Kenton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1948	Wallowa, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1948	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1948	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1948	Kulikuchi, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	29 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1948. 1948 had 417 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 1948-04-06: 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	278
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1