Weather Records on 6 April 1954

789 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1954. Highest significance: Parilla, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 1954

On 6 April 1954, 789 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
501 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 773 daily.
Parilla set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 6 April 1954.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

789 stations

789 station records on 6 April 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Parilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Three Lynx	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mehama	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

789 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 342, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 6 April 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	342
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 6 April 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 773.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1954

Top 20 records on 6 April 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1954	Parilla, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1954	Pocahontas, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1954	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1954	Murray Island, AU	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1954	Humboldt, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1954	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1954	Causapscal, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1954	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1954	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1954	Tufanganj, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1954	Albion, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1954	Manistee 3SE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1954	Three Lynx, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1954	Oelwein 2 S, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1954	Grant City, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1954	Ste Agathe des Monts, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1954	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1954	Fife Lake 4 SW, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1954	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1954	Palmyra, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	32 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1954. 1954 had 789 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 1954-04-06: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	603
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1