Weather Records on 6 April 1997

1,870 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1997. Highest significance: White Lake, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 1997

On 6 April 1997, 1,870 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
452 were record highs and 684 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 103 monthly and 1,753 daily.
White Lake set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 6 April 1997.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,870 stations

1,870 station records on 6 April 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Cando 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Granville	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Shields	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Plevna	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Velva	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Grant City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.7 cm (16.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lynton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ella Valla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Selby	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Penza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Red Owl	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Red Owl	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zuur Anys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldton Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Birney	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bismarck 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marmarth	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Isseka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kubusie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,870 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 351, Highest daily minimum 331, Lowest daily minimum 333, Heaviest daily rainfall 438, Heaviest daily snowfall 147, Deepest snow cover 149.

Records on 6 April 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	351
Highest daily minimum	331
Lowest daily minimum	333
Heaviest daily rainfall	438
Heaviest daily snowfall	147
Deepest snow cover	149

Records on 6 April 1997 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 103, daily 1,753.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,542 broken records

Margins by which the 1,542 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1997

Top 20 records on 6 April 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1997	White Lake, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Cando 1E, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	105 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Granville, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Shields, US	all-time rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Plevna, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	80 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Velva, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Faulkton, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Buskala Rch, US	daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Grant City, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	97 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Ashley, US	all-time snowfall	42.7 cm (16.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	46 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Towner 2 NE, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Roscoe, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	90 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Leliekloof, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Lynton, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Ella Valla, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 1997	Northampton, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1997. 1997 had 1,870 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 1997-04-06: 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 100	1,438
100 to 200	74
200 to 300	17
300 to 400	10
400 to 500	3