Weather Records on 6 April 2017

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 2017. Highest significance: Elberton 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 6 April 2017

On 6 April 2017, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 481 daily.
Elberton 2 N set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 6 April 2017.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 6 April 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen/Flesland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Commerce 4 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Antreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orskog	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oksendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fiskabygd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Valley 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bar 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kincaid 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Froyset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Christchurch Intl	New Zealand	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muroran	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 April 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 April 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 481.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 2017

Top 20 records on 6 April 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 2017	Elberton 2 N, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	124 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2017	Newnan 7 WNW, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2017	Calhoun Falls, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2017	Princeton, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	121 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2017	Pelion 0.8 NW, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Red Bluff Muni AP, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Shimla, IN	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	81 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Srinagar, IN	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Bergen/Flesland, NO	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Lexington, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Commerce 4 NNW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Gainesville, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Carnesville, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Allerton, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	103 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Rosendal, NO	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	127 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Antreville, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2017	Centerville, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	121 years	43 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2017. 2017 had 490 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 2017-04-06: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 10	334
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1