Weather Records on 6 April 1970

525 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1970. Highest significance: Tiruppattur, IN.

Key Facts for 6 April 1970

On 6 April 1970, 525 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 500 daily.
Tiruppattur set a daily record precipitation of 52.2 mm (2.1 in) on 6 April 1970.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

525 stations

525 station records on 6 April 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marayur	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ayikudi	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perungalur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vilatnikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sindgi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvaiyaru	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	83.0 cm (32.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kyrylivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	285.0 cm (112.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Astolfo Dutra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uttiramerur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kadayanallur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kurugodu	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chambarak	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	345.0 cm (135.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aruppukottai	India	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

525 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 6 April 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 6 April 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 500.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

426 broken records

Margins by which the 426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 550.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1970

Top 20 records on 6 April 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1970	Tiruppattur, IN	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1970	Pudukkottai, IN	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1970	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1970	Bellary, IN	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1970	Tenkasi, IN	monthly rain	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Dharmapuri, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Marayur, IN	monthly rain	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Ayikudi, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Henichesk, UA	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Kallatty, IN	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Lalgudi, IN	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Perungalur, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Kulasekarapatnam, IN	daily rain	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus, DE	daily snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Hiriyur, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Vilatnikulam, IN	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Ottapidaram, IN	monthly rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Sindgi, IN	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Naduvattam, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1970	Tiruvaiyaru, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1970. 1970 had 525 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

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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	413
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1