Weather Records on 6 May 1949

917 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1949. Highest significance: Port Arthur, AU.

Key Facts for 6 May 1949

On 6 May 1949, 917 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
636 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 905 daily.
Port Arthur set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 6 May 1949.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

917 stations

917 station records on 6 May 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chandi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Exmouth Gulf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Basti	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brownfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Towera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

917 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 425, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 May 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	425
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 May 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 905.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

738 broken records

Margins by which the 738 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1949

Top 20 records on 6 May 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1949	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1949	Onslow, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Winning, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Chandi, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Salida, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Caucaia, BR	monthly rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Exmouth Gulf, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Perryton, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Ft Valley, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Mia Mia, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Nugent, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Marsrakh, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Kheri, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Newport, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1949	Richmond (Brookbank), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1949. 1949 had 917 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1949-05-06: 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	697
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1