Weather Records on 6 May 1943

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1943. Highest significance: Olaa 92, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1943

On 6 May 1943, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 373 daily.
Olaa 92 set a daily record precipitation of 94.7 mm (3.7 in) on 6 May 1943.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 6 May 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbres	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 May 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 May 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 373.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

279 broken records

Margins by which the 279 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1943

Top 20 records on 6 May 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1943	Olaa 92, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1943	Porto Real Do Colegio, BR	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1943	Waterloo, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1943	Meruoca, BR	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1943	Kharsawan, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Corning, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Flora 5 NW, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Greensburg, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Barkerville, CA	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Harnosand, SE	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Gavle, SE	daily high min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Jackson, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Mt Vernon, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Hastings, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Union City, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Johnsonville, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Bjuraker, SE	daily high min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	13 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1943	Brinkley, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	22 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1943. 1943 had 375 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 1943-05-06: 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 20	268
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1