Weather Records on 6 May 1918

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1918. Highest significance: Toronto, CA.

Key Facts for 6 May 1918

On 6 May 1918, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 42 daily.
Toronto set a daily record high maximum temperature of 26.7 C (80.1 F) on 6 May 1918.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 6 May 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Norman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangamana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 9, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 May 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	9
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 May 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 42.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

35 broken records

Margins by which the 35 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1918

Top 20 records on 6 May 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1918	Toronto, CA	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Astrakan, RU	monthly low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Cape Norman, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Wangamana, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	World Trade Ctr, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Portland, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Brantford, CA	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	22 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Hamilton, CA	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	18 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Port Dover, CA	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	22 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Woodstock, CA	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	22 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	4 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	4 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Setauket Strong, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	8 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Zametchino, RU	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	3 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	Uman, UA	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	23 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1918	State College, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	13 years	11 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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1918. 1918 had 43 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	32
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1