Weather Records on 6 April 2016

920 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 2016. Highest significance: Bavertrask, SE.

Key Facts for 6 April 2016

On 6 April 2016, 920 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
521 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 890 daily.
Bavertrask set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 6 April 2016.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

920 stations

920 station records on 6 April 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bavertrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tulihe	China	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Puottaure	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pekoa Airport (Sant	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ono-I-Lau	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Serena	Chile	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zuara	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westhampton Gabreski AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

920 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 287, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 144, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 6 April 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	287
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	144
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 6 April 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 890.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

783 broken records

Margins by which the 783 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 2016

Top 20 records on 6 April 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 2016	Bavertrask, SE	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2016	Tulihe, CN	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Puottaure, SE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Addison, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Pekoa Airport (Sant, VU	daily rain	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Vannas, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Ono-I-Lau, FJ	daily rain	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Waverly, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	117 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Middleboro, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	117 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	117 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Wien, AT	daily high min	12.6 C (54.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	153 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Amherst, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Middleboro, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	113 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Avon, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	117 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Gospic, HR	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Elliot, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Lugano, CH	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Hetch Hetchy, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Indio Fire STN, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2016	Belfast, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	113 years	41 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2016. 2016 had 920 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 2016-04-06: 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 2026-10-15 (15 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 20	752
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2