Weather Records on 6 April 2002

778 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 2002. Highest significance: Coloso, PR.

Key Facts for 6 April 2002

On 6 April 2002, 778 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
331 were record highs and 263 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 752 daily.
Coloso set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 6 April 2002.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

778 stations

778 station records on 6 April 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nullarbor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alvaro Obregon (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guajataca Dam	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dandong	China	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turany	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Temascalcingo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Encantada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peon Blanco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sabana Grande 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Summersville Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lijing	China	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tlapa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Linjiang	China	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

778 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 168, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 April 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	168
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 April 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 752.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 2002

Top 20 records on 6 April 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 2002	Coloso, PR	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	87 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2002	Nullarbor, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Chita, RU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Aginskoe, RU	monthly rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Alvaro Obregon (Dge), MX	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Guajataca Dam, PR	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Eyre, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Urjupinsk, RU	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Archer City 2W, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Mayaguez AP, PR	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	East London, ZA	daily low min	6.3 C (43.3 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Calvin, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Irkutsk, RU	daily low max	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Drain, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Blagovescensk, RU	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Kisinev, MD	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Magdalena, MX	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	South Pass City, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2002	Dandong, CN	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	39 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2002. 2002 had 778 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 2002-04-06: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	559
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1