Weather Records on 6 April 1990

856 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1990. Highest significance: Little Nerang Dam, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 1990

On 6 April 1990, 856 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 232 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 828 daily.
Little Nerang Dam set a daily record precipitation of 194.0 mm (7.6 in) on 6 April 1990.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

856 stations

856 station records on 6 April 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Little Nerang Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chileka	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah (Taleswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warragai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boobyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fowler 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Requetemu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Injune Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Divinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ernesto Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral Wells AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Birraban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

856 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 156, Heaviest daily rainfall 352, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 6 April 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	156
Heaviest daily rainfall	352
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 6 April 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 828.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

724 broken records

Margins by which the 724 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1990

Top 20 records on 6 April 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1990	Little Nerang Dam, AU	daily rain	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1990	Angellala Downs Homestead, AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1990	Genoa, IT	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	115 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1990	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Chileka, MW	monthly rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Murwillumbah (Taleswood), AU	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Yerington, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Warragai, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Perry, US	monthly low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Ashdown 4 SSE, US	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Vik I Sogn III, NO	monthly snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Anakie Richardson St, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Wyandra Railway St, AU	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Boobyalla, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Madison, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Ness City, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Fowler 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1990	Collyer 10 S, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	19 years	43 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1990. 1990 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

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Data for records on 1990-04-06: 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	689
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1