Weather Records on 6 April 1955

342 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1955. Highest significance: Rapelje, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 1955

On 6 April 1955, 342 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 337 daily.
Rapelje set a daily record snow depth of 88.9 cm (35.0 in) on 6 April 1955.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

342 stations

342 station records on 6 April 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jankia	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	161.0 cm (63.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jedburgh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Island 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georges Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	112.0 cm (44.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

342 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 6 April 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 6 April 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 337.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 787.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1955

Top 20 records on 6 April 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1955	Rapelje, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1955	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1955	Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1955	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1955	Saguache, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1955	Jankia, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1955	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1955	Drevja, NO	daily snow depth	161.0 cm (63.4 in)	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1955	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1955	Martins, BR	all-time rain	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1955	Jeogla Station, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1955	Tartu, EE	monthly low min	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1955	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	73 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1955	Chinook, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1955	Tartu-Toravere, EE	monthly low min	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1955	Moscow, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1955	Jedburgh Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1955	Miami, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1955	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	67 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1955. 1955 had 342 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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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 100	247
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1