Weather Records on 6 May 1942

309 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1942. Highest significance: Swan Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 6 May 1942

On 6 May 1942, 309 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 303 daily.
Swan Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 6 May 1942.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

309 stations

309 station records on 6 May 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puralka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hunters STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goroke (Kangawall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

309 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 May 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 May 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 303.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

254 broken records

Margins by which the 254 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1942

Top 20 records on 6 May 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1942	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Morwell (Mail Centre), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Pipestone, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Navalgund, IN	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Puralka, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1942	Haliyal, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1942	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1942	Branxholm (Stoke Street), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1942	Flandreau, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1942	Tyrendarra (Ellangowan), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1942	Sultan Bazar, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1942	White Lake, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1942	Charleville Post Office, AU	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	33 years	30 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 309 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 20	233
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1