Weather Records on 6 April 2001

1,172 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 2001. Highest significance: Huron Rgnl AP, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 2001

On 6 April 2001, 1,172 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
668 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,123 daily.
Huron Rgnl AP set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 6 April 2001.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

1,172 stations

1,172 station records on 6 April 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lewiston	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Redington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pinetop 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oak City	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Stewart Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Irving	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coronado Nmem	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hoytville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Childs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carefree	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Lake	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
J.G.H. van der Wath Airp	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Thomas 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McNary 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Ridge Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,172 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 525, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 293, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 63.

Records on 6 April 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	525
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	63

Records on 6 April 2001 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 46, daily 1,123.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

903 broken records

Margins by which the 903 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 2001

Top 20 records on 6 April 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 2001	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	107 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2001	Castlewood, US	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2001	Canelo 1 NW, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2001	Chiricahua Nm, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2001	Lewiston, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2001	Tucson Camp Ave Exp, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2001	Redington, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2001	Pinetop 2E, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2001	Oak City, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2001	Stewart Mtn Dam, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2001	Lakeport 2, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2001	Irving, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2001	Payson, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2001	Tiffin, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2001	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2001	Hanover, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2001	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2001	N Platte Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2001	Upton, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2001	Mormon Flat, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	51 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2001. 2001 had 1,172 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 2001-04-06: 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 100	858
100 to 200	22
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	9
400 to 500	4
500 to 600	2