Weather Records on 6 April 1963

551 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1963. Highest significance: Darr River Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 1963

On 6 April 1963, 551 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 540 daily.
Darr River Downs set a daily record precipitation of 133.4 mm (5.3 in) on 6 April 1963.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

551 stations

551 station records on 6 April 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darr River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baswa	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barra de Santa Rosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Umtata	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roomal	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

551 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 14.

Records on 6 April 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 April 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1963

Top 20 records on 6 April 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1963	Darr River Downs, AU	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Weiser, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Haenertsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Lake Nash, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Fir Glen, ZA	monthly rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Grass Valley, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Emmett 2 E, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Baswa, IN	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Luckhoff (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Doyle, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	New Meadows Rs, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Headingly Station, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Barra de Santa Rosa, BR	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Umtata, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Auburn, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1963	Elderslie, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	42 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1963. 1963 had 551 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 1963-04-06: 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 20	425
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2