Weather Records on 6 April 2012

675 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 2012. Highest significance: Anaconda, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 2012

On 6 April 2012, 675 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 264 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 650 daily.
Anaconda set a daily record snowfall of 21.1 cm (8.3 in) on 6 April 2012.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

675 stations

675 station records on 6 April 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	144.7 mm (5.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Whiskey Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap 13 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	39.9 C (103.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nye #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sunburst 8 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smola - Moldstad	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nye #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hobson	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ryegate 18 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bent Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hobson	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fisher Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke City 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Lure 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Refugio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fletcher 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White Elephant	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pasto/Antonio Narin	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Five Points 5 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera Aerodrome	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

675 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 153, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 6 April 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	153
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 6 April 2012 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 650.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 2012

Top 20 records on 6 April 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 2012	Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	89 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2012	Qionghai, CN	daily rain	144.7 mm (5.7 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2012	Whiskey Creek, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Pollock, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Judith Gap 13 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Judith Gap, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	New England, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Siwa, EG	daily high max	39.9 C (103.8 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Big Timber, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Nye #2, US	daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Sunburst 8 E, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Hot Springs, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Smola - Moldstad, NO	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Lindsay, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Nye #2, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	85 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2012	Quilcene 2 SW, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	77 years	38 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2012. 2012 had 675 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 2012-04-06: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	490
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1