Weather Records on 6 April 1952

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1952. Highest significance: Undilla Station, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 1952

On 6 April 1952, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 478 daily.
Undilla Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 6 April 1952.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 6 April 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buckingham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Duchess Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Owk	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke (Yanda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Youhl Plain Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Algonquin Park	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pechipparai	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jammalamadugu	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 April 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 April 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 478.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

377 broken records

Margins by which the 377 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1952

Top 20 records on 6 April 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1952	Undilla Station, AU	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1952	Lawn Hill, AU	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1952	Borroloola, AU	monthly rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1952	Buckingham Downs, AU	monthly rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1952	Calton Hills Station, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1952	Barkly Downs, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Punganur, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Duchess Hotel, AU	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Cumbam, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Banff, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Baratria, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Owk, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Bourke (Yanda), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Louth (Bloxham Street), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Kolar, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Alton, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1952	Coniston, CA	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	13 years	35 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1952. 1952 had 492 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 1952-04-06: 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	356
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1