Weather Records on 6 May 1928

106 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1928. Highest significance: Waynesville 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1928

On 6 May 1928, 106 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 106 daily.
Waynesville 1 E set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 6 May 1928.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

106 stations

106 station records on 6 May 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

106 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 11, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 May 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	11
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 May 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 106.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

75 broken records

Margins by which the 75 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 32.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1928

Top 20 records on 6 May 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1928	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1928	Hvar, HR	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Orono, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Asheville, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Falun, SE	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Lawrence, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily low max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Highlands, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Boulia Airport, AU	daily low max	17.4 C (63.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Havre Wb City, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily high min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Valley Head, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Tucson WFO, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	3 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1928	Gloversville, US	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	33 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 106 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	65
5 to 10	6
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1