Weather Records on 6 April 2020

608 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 2020. Highest significance: Bajramaly, TM.

Key Facts for 6 April 2020

On 6 April 2020, 608 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
393 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 595 daily.
Bajramaly set a daily record precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 6 April 2020.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

608 stations

608 station records on 6 April 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Santa Maria	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pacoima Dam Fc33A-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Balch Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lee Vining	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
March AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buller	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers Edison Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Hills Pierce College	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Foresthill Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Piru 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hammer Odde Fyr-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Bay Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norderney	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Bear Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fiddletown Dexter Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Porphyry Creek	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Svinoy Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lompoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midwest	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Noojee Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melton Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

608 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 245, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 6 April 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	245
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 6 April 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 595.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

534 broken records

Margins by which the 534 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 2020

Top 20 records on 6 April 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 2020	Bajramaly, TM	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	115 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2020	Juncal Dam, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 April 2020	Santa Maria, PT	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Lemon Cove, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Pacoima Dam Fc33A-E, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Ojai, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	94 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Launceston (Kings Meadows), AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Idaho Falls FAA AP, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Balch Pwr House, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Lindsay, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Gold Run 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	115 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Pasadena, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	N Fk Rs, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Kahuku 912, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	105 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Lee Vining, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	March AFB, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Mount Buller, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Big Tujunga Dam Fc46, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 2020	Turlock #2, US	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	79 years	48 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2020. 2020 had 608 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 2020-04-06: 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 25	508
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2