Weather Records on 6 May 1916

51 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1916. Highest significance: Grafton City Council, AU.

Key Facts for 6 May 1916

On 6 May 1916, 51 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 48 daily.
Grafton City Council set a daily record precipitation of 69.3 mm (2.7 in) on 6 May 1916.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

51 stations

51 station records on 6 May 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

51 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 18.

Records on 6 May 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	18
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 May 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 48.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1916

Top 20 records on 6 May 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1916	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1916	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1916	Sandvig, DK	daily high max	26.2 C (79.2 F)	9.9 C (17.8 F)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1916	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1916	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Armagh, GB	monthly low max	5.3 C (41.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Magdeburg, DE	daily high min	15.7 C (60.3 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	13.4 C (56.1 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Halden, NO	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1916	Boras, SE	daily high min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	2 years	18 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

1795 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1916. 1916 had 51 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-06 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1805	1
1825	1
1836	1
1845	2
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1862	2
1864	2
1865	1
1872	1
1877	3
1880	2
1883	1
1885	4
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	5
1898	17
1899	3
1900	8
1901	3
1902	8
1903	9
1904	12
1905	18
1906	14
1907	11
1908	18
1909	19
1910	23
1911	14
1912	20
1913	47
1914	30
1915	32
1916	51
1917	197
1918	43
1919	63
1920	42
1921	39
1922	87
1923	126
1924	95
1925	225
1926	178
1927	133
1928	106
1929	225
1930	581
1931	378
1932	302
1933	336
1934	640
1935	319
1936	430
1937	172
1938	310
1939	185
1940	243
1941	325
1942	309
1943	375
1944	879
1945	318
1946	260
1947	613
1948	384
1949	917
1950	610
1951	292
1952	496
1953	635
1954	551
1955	422
1956	559
1957	644
1958	615
1959	463
1960	781
1961	655
1962	301
1963	623
1964	823
1965	624
1966	950
1967	697
1968	890
1969	695
1970	710
1971	459
1972	499
1973	499
1974	806
1975	925
1976	644
1977	896
1978	899
1979	1,122
1980	574
1981	489
1982	800
1983	554
1984	846
1985	549
1986	1,228
1987	1,049
1988	919
1989	1,814
1990	1,220
1991	1,028
1992	1,486
1993	795
1994	591
1995	961
1996	1,578
1997	1,127
1998	1,160
1999	1,198
2000	1,357
2001	767
2002	979
2003	1,596
2004	1,490
2005	826
2006	663
2007	1,061
2008	412
2009	732
2010	1,187
2011	604
2012	1,007
2013	1,024
2014	612
2015	589
2016	808
2017	659
2018	454
2019	462
2020	578
2021	517
2022	736
2023	559
2024	841
2025	732
2026	796

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 May 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 10	41
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1