Weather Records on 6 May 1922

87 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1922. Highest significance: Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU.

Key Facts for 6 May 1922

On 6 May 1922, 87 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 85 daily.
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek) set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 6 May 1922.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

87 stations

87 station records on 6 May 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Davis Island Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fernhill 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Argoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

87 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 70.

Records on 6 May 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	70
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 May 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 85.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

73 broken records

Margins by which the 73 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1922

Top 20 records on 6 May 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1922	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1922	Ocean Grove, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1922	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Chicoutimi, CA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Chatham, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Davis Island Dam, US	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Port Pirie (Valencia), AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Clarksville, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Frome Downs, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Poolamacca, AU	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Beenak, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Zametchino, RU	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1922	Laghouat, DZ	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	33 years	15 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 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1922. 1922 had 87 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 5	54
5 to 10	11
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	2