Weather Records on 6 April 1980

520 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1980. Highest significance: Paxton, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 1980

On 6 April 1980, 520 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 515 daily.
Paxton set a daily record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 6 April 1980.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

520 stations

520 station records on 6 April 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paxton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Imperial	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tapirai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis Water Bureau	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dona Catarina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Strongfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heartsease	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vona	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Powers	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record snow depth	200.7 cm (79.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soledade (Ibiapinopolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anhembi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guaxupe Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth 2W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fessenden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ust'-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iguatama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarandacuao	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ibertioga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Ano Bom Do Tiete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vercniy-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orick Prairie Creek Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Laranjal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chesterfield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

520 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 6 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 6 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 515.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

403 broken records

Margins by which the 403 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 813.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1980

Top 20 records on 6 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1980	Paxton, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1980	Madrid, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1980	Imperial, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Tapirai, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Wilbur, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Kingsley Dam, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Corvallis Water Bureau, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Tiete, BR	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Dona Catarina, BR	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Strongfield, CA	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Heartsease, ZA	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Vona, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Powers, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Rico, US	daily snow depth	200.7 cm (79.0 in)	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Greenwater, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Wauneta, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Zharkent, KZ	daily high min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Emmetsburg, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Bremerton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1980	Sexton Summit, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	8 years	36 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1980. 1980 had 520 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 200	396
200 to 400	6
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1