Weather Records on 6 April 1966

390 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1966. Highest significance: Asola, IN.

Key Facts for 6 April 1966

On 6 April 1966, 390 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 372 daily.
Asola set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.0 mm (2.9 in) on 6 April 1966.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

390 stations

390 station records on 6 April 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Asola	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Malayattur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Doodlakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jingemarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woogalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Malhada da Areia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baandee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Raimundo Nonato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cadoux	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguarari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Acre (Giqui)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ballidu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Betania	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Descalvado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lagoa da Canoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frei Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vernonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moxoto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tucano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.8 C (-34.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kununoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Exu (Novo Exu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeirao Preto (Emsa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record snow depth	108.0 cm (42.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

390 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 6 April 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 6 April 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 372.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1966

Top 20 records on 6 April 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1966	Asola, IN	monthly rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1966	Chandrapur, IN	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1966	Malayattur, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Doodlakine, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Jingemarra, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Jequie, BR	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Aquidaba, BR	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Woogalong, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Itaete (Iguacu), BR	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Aleppo, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Remanso, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Fazenda Malhada da Areia, BR	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Mount Forest, CA	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Estacao Experimental, BR	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Listowel, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	79 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Baandee, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Sao Raimundo Nonato, BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Quilon Pwd, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Cadoux, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1966	Zeehan Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	67 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1966. 1966 had 390 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 1966-04-06: 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 50	297
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1