Weather Records on 7 April 2006

856 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 2006. Highest significance: Watertown Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 7 April 2006

On 7 April 2006, 856 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
267 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 828 daily.
Watertown Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 59.2 mm (2.3 in) on 7 April 2006.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

856 stations

856 station records on 7 April 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wollombi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Annette AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Inorunie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dorchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Worthington 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Magowra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zortman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

856 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 172, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 401, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 7 April 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	172
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	401
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 7 April 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 828.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

689 broken records

Margins by which the 689 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 2006

Top 20 records on 7 April 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 2006	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
7 April 2006	Plane Creek Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	110.9 mm (4.4 in)	81 years	73 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2006	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	103 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2006	Newport, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2006	Gregory Downs Outstation, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2006	Rock Rapids, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2006	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2006	Bethel AP, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	22 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2006	Estherville 4E, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2006	Windom, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2006	Menno, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2006	Akron, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2006	Wollombi Station, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2006	Mardie, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2006	Augustus Downs Station, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	114 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2006	Onslow, AU	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2006	Gregory Downs Station, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2006	Fairmont, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2006	Carlyle 13 NW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2006	Annette AP, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	53 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

1800 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2006. 2006 had 856 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

Download the Data

Data for records on 2006-04-07: 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 25	619
25 to 50	56
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1