Weather Records on 6 April 1962

456 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1962. Highest significance: Suldalsvatn, NO.

Key Facts for 6 April 1962

On 6 April 1962, 456 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 450 daily.
Suldalsvatn set a daily record snow depth of 139.0 cm (54.7 in) on 6 April 1962.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

456 stations

456 station records on 6 April 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	139.0 cm (54.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Scenic	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahbubabad	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	193.0 cm (76.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	133.0 cm (52.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Struth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Randle 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hannaford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harihar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrowah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	110.0 cm (43.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

456 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 April 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 April 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 450.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 700.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1962

Top 20 records on 6 April 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1962	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	139.0 cm (54.7 in)	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1962	Kulgam, IN	monthly rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Franklinton, US	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Scenic, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Wallajah, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Longmire Rainier Nps, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Upper Orara (Aurania), AU	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Kuppam, IN	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Stewarts Brook Composite, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Mahbubabad, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Roldal, NO	daily snow depth	193.0 cm (76.0 in)	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Bulken, NO	daily snow depth	133.0 cm (52.4 in)	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Lake Louise, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Condamine Plains, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Struth, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Broadwater Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1962	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	37 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1962. 1962 had 456 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 1962-04-06: 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	385
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	2