Weather Records on 6 May 1957

644 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1957. Highest significance: Hailakundi India, IN.

Key Facts for 6 May 1957

On 6 May 1957, 644 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
153 were record highs and 371 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 627 daily.
Hailakundi India set a monthly record daily precipitation of 214.1 mm (8.4 in) on 6 May 1957.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

644 stations

644 station records on 6 May 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hailakundi India	India	Record daily precipitation	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pao de Acucar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaruana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kolosib	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karimganj Farm	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aguas Belas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

644 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 277, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 6 May 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	277
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 6 May 1957 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 627.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

472 broken records

Margins by which the 472 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 1957

Top 20 records on 6 May 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1957	Hailakundi India, IN	monthly rain	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Oberstdorf, DE	monthly snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Pao de Acucar, BR	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Camargo (Smn), MX	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Brownsville, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Nazira, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Saentis, CH	monthly low min	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Daflating, IN	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Simcoe, CA	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Zagreb-Gric, HR	monthly low max	6.3 C (43.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Koyah, IN	daily rain	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Weslaco, US	monthly low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1957	Graz, AT	monthly low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1957	Tezpur, IN	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1957	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1957	Bell Ranch, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1957	Salzburg, AT	daily low min	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	82 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1957	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1957	Columbus 4 ESE, US	monthly low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1957	Jaguaruana, BR	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	29 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1957. 1957 had 644 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 1957-05-06: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	454
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2