Weather Records on 6 April 1951

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1951. Highest significance: Barunah Plains, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 1951

On 6 April 1951, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 548 daily.
Barunah Plains set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 6 April 1951.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 6 April 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Baikunthpur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth Tu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mogumber	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caroling South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jennaberring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corrigin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beverley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bally Bally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	165.0 cm (65.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	213.0 cm (83.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobs Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belvoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mooliabeenee Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balkuling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	158.0 cm (62.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wonnaminta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuballing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gvarv	Norway	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cunderdin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meckering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 419, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 6 April 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	419
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 6 April 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 548.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

517 broken records

Margins by which the 517 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 930.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1951

Top 20 records on 6 April 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1951	Barunah Plains, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Baikunthpur, IN	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Kenilworth Tu, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Walebing, AU	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Tirrengower, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Kathghora, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Mogumber, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Caroling South, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Colac (Shire Office), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Brookton, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Johanna Glen, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Jennaberring, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Beeac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Berkshire Valley, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Warragul (Carbethon), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1951	Birregurra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1951. 1951 had 559 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 1951-04-06: 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 200	507
200 to 400	5
400 to 600	4
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1