Weather Records on 6 May 1932

302 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1932. Highest significance: Neillsville 3ESE, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1932

On 6 May 1932, 302 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 297 daily.
Neillsville 3ESE set a daily record precipitation of 75.2 mm (3.0 in) on 6 May 1932.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

302 stations

302 station records on 6 May 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Contai	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deoria	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hata	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Russelkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Khatra	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sawar	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Siwana	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamasin	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagerutari	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hathwa	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Todgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitram	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dantan	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

302 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 6 May 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 May 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 297.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

245 broken records

Margins by which the 245 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1932

Top 20 records on 6 May 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1932	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1932	Hartington, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1932	Norfolk, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1932	Albany, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1932	Vishnupur, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1932	Milan, IT	daily low max	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	168 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1932	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1932	Sac City, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1932	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1932	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1932	Welland, CA	monthly low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1932	Contai, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1932	Deoria, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1932	Tunis, TN	monthly high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1932	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1932	Armour, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1932	Escanaba, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1932	Washta, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1932	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1932	Katbari, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	28 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1932. 1932 had 302 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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Data for records on 1932-05-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	188
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1