Weather Records on 6 April 2006

1,131 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 2006. Highest significance: Crowfels Station, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 2006

On 6 April 2006, 1,131 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
300 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 1,071 daily.
Crowfels Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 144.0 mm (5.7 in) on 6 April 2006.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

1,131 stations

1,131 station records on 6 April 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Nelia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cascade 20 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Trident	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
West Leichhardt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Riversleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Proa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Alder 17 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ingomar 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lennep 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wise Rvr 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
City Creek Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Bridges	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hodgson River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Numil Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mizpah 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carsland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cattle Camp Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,131 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 532, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 6 April 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	532
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 6 April 2006 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 55, daily 1,071.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

923 broken records

Margins by which the 923 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 213.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 2006

Top 20 records on 6 April 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 2006	Crowfels Station, AU	monthly rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	84 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 April 2006	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 April 2006	Gregory Downs Outstation, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Nelia Post Office, AU	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	84 years	79 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Rolleston, AU	monthly rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	77 years	77 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Cascade 5 S, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Saint Ignatius, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Conrad, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Aberfoyle, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	104 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Arcturus Downs, AU	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Holter Dam, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Cascade 20 SSE, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Trident, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Highmore, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	West Leichhardt Station, AU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2006	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2006	Riversleigh Station, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	118 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2006	Mount Isa Mine, AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	59 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2006. 2006 had 1,131 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 2006-04-06: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 April 2006
Margin	Records
0 to 50	881
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1