Weather Records on 6 May 1968

890 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1968. Highest significance: Sable Island, CA.

Key Facts for 6 May 1968

On 6 May 1968, 890 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 556 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 849 daily.
Sable Island set a daily record precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 6 May 1968.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

890 stations

890 station records on 6 May 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Tome	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caraubas (Caraibeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim de Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jensen	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boa Vista (Ledo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vulcan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tejucuoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brooks 1	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Artik	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gander Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

890 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 473, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 6 May 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	473
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 6 May 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 41, daily 849.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

732 broken records

Margins by which the 732 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1968

Top 20 records on 6 May 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1968	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1968	Santa Cruz, BR	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Sao Tome, BR	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Warralong, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Muccan, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Caraubas (Caraibeiras), BR	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Hill City Muni AP, US	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Plattsmouth 1E, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Purdum, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Glenwood, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Port Stanley, CA	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Jardim de Angicos, BR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Athens, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1968	Wien, AT	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	102 years	40 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1968. 1968 had 890 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 1968-05-06: 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	688
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1