Weather Records on 6 April 1979

1,233 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1979. Highest significance: Old Forge, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 1979

On 6 April 1979, 1,233 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 860 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 100 monthly and 1,133 daily.
Old Forge set a monthly record daily snowfall of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 6 April 1979.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

1,233 stations

1,233 station records on 6 April 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Old Forge	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ituporanga (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Riem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Lac Morin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Chicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Lac Morin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Park River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Pouso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weyburn	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Derdekraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,233 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 301, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 559, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 93, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 6 April 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	301
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	559
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	93
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 6 April 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 100, daily 1,133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,002 broken records

Margins by which the 1,002 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1194.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1979

Top 20 records on 6 April 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1979	Old Forge, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1979	Griffiss AFB, US	monthly snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	6 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1979	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	116 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Ituporanga (Pcd), BR	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Ada, US	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Mount Forest, CA	daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Munchen-Riem, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Mayville, US	monthly low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Riddle, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Minnedosa, CA	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Virden, CA	daily low min	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	10.4 C (18.7 F)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Barrage Lac Morin, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Willow City, US	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Janesville, US	monthly low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Durham, CA	daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	2.4 cm (0.9 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Hooker 12 NNW, US	daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1979	Bottineau, US	monthly low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	42 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1979. 1979 had 1,233 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 1979-04-06: 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 200	995
200 to 400	6
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1