Weather Records on 6 April 1956

360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1956. Highest significance: Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 1956

On 6 April 1956, 360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 353 daily.
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam set a daily record precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 6 April 1956.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

360 stations

360 station records on 6 April 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kumta	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ignace	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Channarayapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dhing	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meridian 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ignace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Centreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

360 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 6 April 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 6 April 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 353.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

301 broken records

Margins by which the 301 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 661.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1956

Top 20 records on 6 April 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1956	Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Saluda, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Minden, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Avoca, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Bulsfontein, ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Wallace, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	66.1 cm (26.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Edinburg, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Siwa, EG	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Clanton, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Taipu, BR	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Kumta, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Kakabeka Falls, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Putbus, DE	daily low max	0.8 C (33.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Ashville 4 W, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Pokegama Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Everett, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Ignace, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1956	Camp Hill 2NW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	36 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1956. 1956 had 360 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	289
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1