Weather Records on 6 May 1961

655 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1961. Highest significance: Cairo River, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1961

On 6 May 1961, 655 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 640 daily.
Cairo River set a daily record precipitation of 98.3 mm (3.9 in) on 6 May 1961.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

655 stations

655 station records on 6 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Middelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morehouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown Dam 49	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Cygne 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brookport Dam 52	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fisk	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fords Ferry Dam 5O	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro Trtmt Plt E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress Dam 48	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
High Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

655 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 337, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

550 broken records

Margins by which the 550 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1961

Top 20 records on 6 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1961	Cairo River, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1961	Poplar Bluff, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Simcoe, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Doniphan, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Smithville, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Middelkop, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Le Roy, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Malvern, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Iola 1 W, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Morehouse, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Glen Agr. College,Bfn., ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Carmi 6 NW, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Walnut 4S, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Uniontown Dam 49, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1961	Jerome, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	42 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1961. 1961 had 655 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 1961-05-06: 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 50	530
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1