Weather Records on 6 April 1981

388 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1981. Highest significance: Uxbridge, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 1981

On 6 April 1981, 388 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
174 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 378 daily.
Uxbridge set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 6 April 1981.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

388 stations

388 station records on 6 April 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.4 cm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jian	China	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Resolution A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lac la Ronge	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Randwick Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brooweena Lahey St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plain	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mays Landing 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chuxiong	China	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Francisco Xavier	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Americana (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uruburetama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ingonish Beach	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St John's A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woonona (Popes Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valle de Las Palmas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

388 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 13.

Records on 6 April 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 April 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 378.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

304 broken records

Margins by which the 304 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1981

Top 20 records on 6 April 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1981	Uxbridge, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Moonan Flat (High St), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Renison Bell, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Swift Current A, CA	daily snowfall	16.4 cm (6.5 in)	12.3 cm (4.8 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Ribeirao Do Sul, BR	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Belleplain STN Forest, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Stehekin 4 NW, US	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	79 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Jian, CN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Fort Resolution A, CA	monthly snowfall	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Sao Jose Dos Campos, BR	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1981	Lac la Ronge, CA	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1981	Taipu, BR	daily rain	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1981	Parrsboro, CA	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1981	Healdton 3 E, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1981	Paracuru, BR	daily rain	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1981	Swan River, CA	daily high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1981	Randwick Racecourse, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	4 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1981. 1981 had 388 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 1981-04-06: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	284
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1