Weather Records on 6 April 1976

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1976. Highest significance: Daytona Beach Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 1976

On 6 April 1976, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 348 daily.
Daytona Beach Intl AP set a daily record precipitation of 97.3 mm (3.8 in) on 6 April 1976.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

356 stations

356 station records on 6 April 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Youanmi Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.2 mm (7.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biala (Alvison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Adair)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Isleworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winter Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cromer Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ainslie Tyson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney (Vittoria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell (Gundowringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kandi	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dryden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kinuso Rs	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	152.0 cm (59.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	129.0 cm (50.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Apuka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canberra Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Campina da Alegria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wind River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karval	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pjarnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 6 April 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 6 April 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 348.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

282 broken records

Margins by which the 282 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 1976

Top 20 records on 6 April 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1976	Daytona Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1976	Youanmi Downs, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1976	Barry, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1976	Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1976	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	198.2 mm (7.8 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1976	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1976	Biala (Alvison), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1976	Wien, AT	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1976	Orange (Adair), AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1976	Blayney Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1976	Norddal, NO	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1976	Isleworth, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1976	Winter Haven, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1976	Rockley Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1976	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily high max	34.2 C (93.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	78 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1976	Taralga (Grathawai), AU	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1976	Golspie (Ayrston), AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1976	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1976	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1976	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1976. 1976 had 356 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 50	278
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1