Weather Records on 6 May 1963

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1963. Highest significance: Brady, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1963

On 6 May 1963, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 610 daily.
Brady set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 6 May 1963.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

623 stations

623 station records on 6 May 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cowan Cowan Signal STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dongara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Narra Tarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutte 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Nerang Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mingenew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ytiniche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Topper State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Noorama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canbelego Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Taringo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hermidale Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dayboro Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillriver Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Howatharra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cherapalaseri	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 484, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 6 May 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	484
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 May 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 610.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

559 broken records

Margins by which the 559 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1963

Top 20 records on 6 May 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1963	Brady, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1963	Riddle, US	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1963	Mt Mee, AU	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Lake Manchester, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Miandetta (Tyrone), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Summit, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Cowan Cowan Signal STN, AU	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	111.7 mm (4.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Samsonvale, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Toulby, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Corvallis State UNIV, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Alert Bay, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Oakridge Fish Hatchery, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Dongara, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Narra Tarra, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Blackbutte 1 N, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Little Nerang Dam, AU	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1963	Girilambone (Ampol), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	44 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1963. 1963 had 623 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 1963-05-06: 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	470
20 to 40	73
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2