Weather Records on 6 May 1936

430 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1936. Highest significance: Putbus, DE.

Key Facts for 6 May 1936

On 6 May 1936, 430 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 422 daily.
Putbus set a daily record precipitation of 40.5 mm (1.6 in) on 6 May 1936.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

430 stations

430 station records on 6 May 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kessariah	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

430 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 249, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 57, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 6 May 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	249
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 May 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

349 broken records

Margins by which the 349 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 1936

Top 20 records on 6 May 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1936	Putbus, DE	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1936	Greifswald, DE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1936	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1936	Moose Jaw Chab, CA	all-time rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1936	Minocqua, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1936	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1936	Swift Current, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1936	Anklam, DE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1936	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1936	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1936	Medford, US	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1936	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1936	Antigo, US	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1936	Mora, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1936	Lewistown AP, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1936	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1936	Merrill, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1936	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1936	Zumbrota, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1936	Hartington, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	39 years	24 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1936. 1936 had 430 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 1936-05-06: 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	321
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1