Weather Records on 6 April 2010

1,352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 2010. Highest significance: Elderslie, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 2010

On 6 April 2010, 1,352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
874 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,306 daily.
Elderslie set a monthly record daily precipitation of 131.0 mm (5.2 in) on 6 April 2010.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

1,352 stations

1,352 station records on 6 April 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mungeranie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Laurel Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Seaton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kensington Upper (Burnside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Balowra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lone Rock Tri Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nockatunga Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kamas	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Torrens Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wanship Dam	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma Visitors Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.3 cm (13.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mahrigong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphettville Raceco	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eldora	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,352 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 529, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 345, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 6 April 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	529
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	345
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 6 April 2010 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 44, daily 1,306.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,048 broken records

Margins by which the 1,048 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 2010

Top 20 records on 6 April 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 2010	Elderslie, AU	monthly rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2010	Nuuanu Rsch 4 783, US	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2010	Mungeranie, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	119 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2010	Laurel Mtn, US	monthly snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2010	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	149.8 mm (5.9 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2010	Adelaide (Seaton), AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Gue, AU	monthly rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Kensington Upper (Burnside), AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	107 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Nymagee (Balowra), AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	114 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Adelaide Airport, AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Meadows, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Shannon, IE	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Wamsutter, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Lone Rock Tri Co AP, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Waterloo Muni AP, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	107 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Nockatunga Station, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Stockton 3NNE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2010	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	49 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2010. 2010 had 1,352 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 2010-04-06: 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	1,012
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1