Weather Records on 6 May 1923

126 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1923. Highest significance: Point Peter, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1923

On 6 May 1923, 126 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 126 daily.
Point Peter set a daily record precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 6 May 1923.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

126 stations

126 station records on 6 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Point Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Poplitah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waitchie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Murtho Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

126 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 56.

Records on 6 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	56
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 126.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

115 broken records

Margins by which the 115 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1923

Top 20 records on 6 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1923	Point Peter, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1923	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	30.2 C (86.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1923	Uccle, BE	daily high min	16.9 C (62.4 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1923	Kristianstad, SE	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Junsele, SE	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Sveg, SE	daily rain	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Blinman (Wirrealpa), AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Sarna, SE	daily rain	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Athens, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Arrowie, AU	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Gum Lake (Albemarle), AU	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	46 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Pooncarie (Moorara), AU	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Poplitah, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Waitchie, AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	14 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Kargopol, RU	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	13.1 C (55.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Magdeburg, DE	daily high max	31.9 C (89.4 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1923	Wolseley, AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 years	17 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1923. 1923 had 126 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	111
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1