Weather Records on 6 April 1974

580 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1974. Highest significance: Western River, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 1974

On 6 April 1974, 580 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 574 daily.
Western River set a daily record precipitation of 48.6 mm (1.9 in) on 6 April 1974.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

580 stations

580 station records on 6 April 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Western River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mildura SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bananal (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ubiracu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Loeriesfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koomooloo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Monte Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coronation A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nappa Merrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vectis, Winterton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Picui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Afonso Bezerra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Hole	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Do Costa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgewick	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kleindubbelvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Lonsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

580 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 282, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 6 April 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 6 April 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 574.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1974

Top 20 records on 6 April 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1974	Western River, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Mildura SE, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Bananal (Pcd), BR	monthly rain	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Ubiracu, BR	daily rain	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Loeriesfontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Murrays Lagoon (Bayside), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Vitoria de Santo Antao, BR	daily rain	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	American River, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Koomooloo Station, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Kristianstad, SE	daily high max	20.2 C (68.4 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Skara 1, SE	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Pitea, SE	monthly high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Alliance, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	St Andrews, CA	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Everglades, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Fazenda Monte Alegre, BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Coronation A, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1974	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high max	18.2 C (64.8 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	81 years	37 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1974. 1974 had 580 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 1974-04-06: 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	457
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4