Weather Records on 6 May 1954

551 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1954. Highest significance: Ironwood, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1954

On 6 May 1954, 551 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 406 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 546 daily.
Ironwood set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 6 May 1954.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

551 stations

551 station records on 6 May 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ironwood	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Timmins	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barjora	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

551 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 295, Heaviest daily rainfall 62, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	295
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 546.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

414 broken records

Margins by which the 414 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1954

Top 20 records on 6 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1954	Ironwood, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1954	Graz, AT	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Kakabeka Falls, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Woodstock, CA	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Port Dover, CA	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	78 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Escanaba, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Alexandria, US	monthly low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Escanaba, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Guelph Oac, CA	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	63 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	68 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Weston, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Green Bay, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Mill Bay, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Quorn, CA	monthly low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1954	Kiev, UA	daily high max	29.7 C (85.5 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	48 years	27 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 551 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	410
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1