Weather Records on 6 May 1959

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1959. Highest significance: Palayankottai, IN.

Key Facts for 6 May 1959

On 6 May 1959, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 458 daily.
Palayankottai set a daily record precipitation of 83.6 mm (3.3 in) on 6 May 1959.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 6 May 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dividalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Itapage	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Plaisante	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
US Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 458.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1959

Top 20 records on 6 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1959	Palayankottai, IN	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Dividalen, NO	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Cape Town Fire Station, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Oakdale, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Fortaleza, BR	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Cherokee, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Itapage, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Cape Town Maitland (Cem), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	Sanborn, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1959	San German 4 W, PR	monthly low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1959	Kanin Nos, RU	daily high min	7.1 C (44.8 F)	8.1 C (14.6 F)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1959	Amery, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1959	Coloso, PR	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1959	Great Bend 3WNW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1959	Western 2W, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	33 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 463 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 10	305
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1