Weather Records on 6 April 1971

691 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1971. Highest significance: Nashville 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 1971

On 6 April 1971, 691 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 323 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 108 monthly and 582 daily.
Nashville 1 E set a monthly record daily snowfall of 31.0 cm (12.2 in) on 6 April 1971.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

691 stations

691 station records on 6 April 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Araripe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ibitiara (Bom Sucesso)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Ferry Dam 5O	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Van Buren 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

691 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 167, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 156, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 89, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 6 April 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	167
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	156
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	89
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 6 April 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 108, daily 582.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

526 broken records

Margins by which the 526 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1971

Top 20 records on 6 April 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1971	Nashville 1 E, US	monthly snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	66 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1971	Hillsboro, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1971	Shawneetown Old Town, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1971	Waterloo 6SW, US	monthly snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1971	Greenville, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	1 WSW Princeton, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Mexico, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Flora 5 NW, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Greenville, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Lowville, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Edwardsville 2 W, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Henderson 8 SSW, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Monticello Muni AP, US	monthly low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	86 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	monthly snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Harrisburg, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Olney 2S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Arcadia, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1971	Batalha, BR	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	49 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1971. 1971 had 691 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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Data for records on 1971-04-06: 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	448
50 to 100	42
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	3