Weather Records on 6 May 1969

695 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1969. Highest significance: Georgetown, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1969

On 6 May 1969, 695 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 665 daily.
Georgetown set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 6 May 1969.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

695 stations

695 station records on 6 May 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tatum	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bahty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Progresso	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bernalillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bernalillo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dilijan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Niederstotzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zajsan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roth Bei Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bailey	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

695 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 139, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 367, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 6 May 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	139
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 May 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 665.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

601 broken records

Margins by which the 601 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1969

Top 20 records on 6 May 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1969	Georgetown, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1969	Tatum, US	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1969	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1969	Corona, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1969	Estancia 4N, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1969	Melrose, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Plains, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	San Jon, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Gail, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Bahty, KZ	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Progresso, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Hobbs, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Clovis, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Elida, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Bernalillo, US	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Jemez Springs, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Mc Intosh 4 NW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1969	Bernalillo, US	monthly low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	73 years	46 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1969. 1969 had 695 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 1969-05-06: 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 10	483
10 to 20	67
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1