Weather Records on 6 April 2005

818 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 2005. Highest significance: Norton 9SSE, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 2005

On 6 April 2005, 818 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
482 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 791 daily.
Norton 9SSE set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 6 April 2005.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

818 stations

818 station records on 6 April 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.4 mm (7.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Long Is 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ljosland - Monen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kirwin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eastonville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Triunfo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yanji	China	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maudal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palco	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Herman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rexford	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Studley 9NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whidbey Island NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

818 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 281, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 6 April 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	281
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 6 April 2005 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 791.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

621 broken records

Margins by which the 621 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 2005

Top 20 records on 6 April 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 2005	Norton 9SSE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	109 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2005	Ovre Sirdal, NO	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2005	Dresden, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2005	Falls City Brenner Fld, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2005	Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS, US	monthly rain	201.4 mm (7.9 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2005	Oakley 4W, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Genoa, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Long Is 1N, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Ljosland - Monen, NO	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Abilene, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Lenora Coop, US	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	90 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Kirwin Dam, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Oberlin, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Marysville, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Eastonville 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Milton Exp STN, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Madison, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2005	Winona, US	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	46 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2005. 2005 had 818 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 2005-04-06: 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	612
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1