Weather Records on 5 April 2006

1,070 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 2006. Highest significance: Woorarra, AU.

Key Facts for 5 April 2006

On 5 April 2006, 1,070 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
407 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,016 daily.
Woorarra set a monthly record daily precipitation of 149.0 mm (5.9 in) on 5 April 2006.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

1,070 stations

1,070 station records on 5 April 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woorarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Riversleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Battle Mountain 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cardbeign	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stradbroke Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Toorak Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Dermitt 26 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Covina City Yard Fc387B	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arrowhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Birraban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wealwandangie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers Pass 9 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rye Patch Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arrowhead	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Creek Upper	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calvert Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,070 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 233, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 443, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 5 April 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	233
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	443
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 5 April 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 51, daily 1,016.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

872 broken records

Margins by which the 872 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 215.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 2006

Top 20 records on 5 April 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 2006	Woorarra, AU	monthly rain	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	77 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Visalia, US	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Arcturus Downs, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Winnemucca AP, US	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	92 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Riversleigh Station, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	121 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Bushy Park, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Elliston, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Battle Mountain 4SE, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Oban Station, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Cardbeign, AU	all-time rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Stradbroke Station, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Fairmont, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2006	Toorak Research Station, AU	monthly rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2006	San Jacinto, US	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2006	Orion, AU	daily rain	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2006	Mc Dermitt 26 N, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2006	Malboona, AU	monthly rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2006	Devoncourt Station, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	95 years	50 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

1809 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2006. 2006 had 1,070 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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Data for records on 2006-04-05: 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	843
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1