Weather Records on 6 April 1969

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1969. Highest significance: Radhapuram, IN.

Key Facts for 6 April 1969

On 6 April 1969, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 487 daily.
Radhapuram set a daily record precipitation of 83.0 mm (3.3 in) on 6 April 1969.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

504 stations

504 station records on 6 April 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Drummonds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nanguneri	India	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ozuluama	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arrojado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taboleiro Do Meio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Savage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Srivaikuntam	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fessenden	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chileka	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Challis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aramboly	India	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Danner	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orman Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 6 April 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 6 April 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

427 broken records

Margins by which the 427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1969

Top 20 records on 6 April 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1969	Radhapuram, IN	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1969	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1969	Austin 3 S, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Drummonds, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	McColl 3 NNW, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Three Rivers Ed Ph 2, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Milton Freewater, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Ash Mtn, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Orovada 3 W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Nanguneri, IN	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Cove 1 E, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Ozuluama, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Arrojado, BR	all-time rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Paisley, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1969	Dom Mauricio, BR	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1969. 1969 had 504 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 1969-04-06: 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	409
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1