Weather Records on 6 April 1957

330 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1957. Highest significance: Alliance 1WNW, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 1957

On 6 April 1957, 330 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 322 daily.
Alliance 1WNW set a daily record snow depth of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 6 April 1957.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

330 stations

330 station records on 6 April 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tendukhera	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bersimis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Condeuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bersimis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

330 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 6 April 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 6 April 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 322.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 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 1957

Top 20 records on 6 April 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1957	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1957	Tendukhera, IN	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Milingimbi, AU	daily rain	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Fremont 5 NW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Spicer, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Spicer, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Abbeville 4S, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Kotarh, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Upper Shillong, IN	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Darby, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1957	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1957	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1957	Bersimis, CA	monthly snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1957	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	monthly low min	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1957	Whitefish Pt, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1957	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1957	Rapelje, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1957. 1957 had 330 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 25	233
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2