Weather Records on 6 April 1985

856 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1985. Highest significance: Langebaan, ZA.

Key Facts for 6 April 1985

On 6 April 1985, 856 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 847 daily.
Langebaan set a daily record precipitation of 37.5 mm (1.5 in) on 6 April 1985.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

856 stations

856 station records on 6 April 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Val de Palmas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oosterhout	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Klundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hoogerheide	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Piratininga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwendijk (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doutor Pedrinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Mansa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dourado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamer 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Callignee South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Combolcha	Ethiopia	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nowa Nowa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stilbaai (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lussanvira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

856 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 370, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 6 April 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 6 April 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 847.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

727 broken records

Margins by which the 727 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1985

Top 20 records on 6 April 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1985	Langebaan, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1985	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1985	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	124.6 mm (4.9 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1985	Green Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Val de Palmas, BR	daily rain	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Oosterhout, NL	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Klundert, NL	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Ginneken, NL	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Sandusky, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Williamston 3NE, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Lindenow, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Van Staadens (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Carrathool Motors, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Hoogerheide, NL	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Etwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Albion, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Eaton Rapids, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Piratininga, BR	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Charlevoix, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1985	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	71 years	44 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1985. 1985 had 856 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1985-04-06: 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 50	713
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1