Weather Records on 6 April 1953

261 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1953. Highest significance: Tirupati, IN.

Key Facts for 6 April 1953

On 6 April 1953, 261 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 258 daily.
Tirupati set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 6 April 1953.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

261 stations

261 station records on 6 April 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ames	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manbulloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brakpan (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lonavala	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulbagal	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

261 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 April 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 April 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 258.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

220 broken records

Margins by which the 220 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1953

Top 20 records on 6 April 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1953	Tirupati, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1953	Mandangad, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Shikarpur, IN	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Monticello 5 SE, US	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Daly River Police, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	San German 4 W, PR	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Marianna Sch For Boys, US	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Babb 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Timber Creek Police, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Khed, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Nowa Nowa (Wairewa), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Supa, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Iluppur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Ames, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1953	Warruwi, AU	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1953	Hindupur, IN	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1953	Wai, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1953	Thomasville, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1953	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1953	Belle Isle, CA	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	68 years	30 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1953. 1953 had 261 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 1953-04-06: 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 25	180
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1