Weather Records on 6 April 1958

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1958. Highest significance: Mowbray, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 1958

On 6 April 1958, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 499 daily.
Mowbray set a daily record precipitation of 149.9 mm (5.9 in) on 6 April 1958.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 6 April 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mowbray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Treatment Plant)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bellerive (Fort Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 6 April 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 6 April 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 499.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1958

Top 20 records on 6 April 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1958	Mowbray, AU	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Milaca, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Mora, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Medford, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Rhinelander, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Antigo, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Howard, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Telluride 4WNW, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Bridgewater (Treatment Plant), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Northfield, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	115 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Santa Clara UNIV, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1958	Hastings, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	40 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1958. 1958 had 507 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1958-04-06: 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 100	429
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1