Weather Records on 6 April 1917

120 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 April 1917. Highest significance: Outtrim, AU.

Key Facts for 6 April 1917

On 6 April 1917, 120 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 118 daily.
Outtrim set a daily record precipitation of 50.3 mm (2.0 in) on 6 April 1917.
Across 156 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

120 stations

120 station records on 6 April 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 April 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goona (Nure)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Wondo Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

120 records

Records set or tied on 6 April 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 April 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 April 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 118.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

114 broken records

Margins by which the 114 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 April 1917

Top 20 records on 6 April 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 April 1917	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1917	Dromana, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1917	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1917	Southampton, CA	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1917	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1917	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 April 1917	Lakefield, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Goona (Nure), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Lakefield, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Pesaro, IT	monthly rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Cottam, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Alton, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Carabost, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Beenak, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 April 1917	Durham, GB	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)

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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1917. 1917 had 120 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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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	100
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2