Weather Records on 6 May 1970

710 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1970. Highest significance: Schierke, DE.

Key Facts for 6 May 1970

On 6 May 1970, 710 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 690 daily.
Schierke set a daily record snow depth of 37.0 cm (14.6 in) on 6 May 1970.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

710 stations

710 station records on 6 May 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	255.0 cm (100.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barisaho	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tibaji	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jigalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nyzhniohirsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lorna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neerim South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riversul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frazier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Burnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mundabullangana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jataizinho Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yandil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shovi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

710 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 307, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 6 May 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	307
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 6 May 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

593 broken records

Margins by which the 593 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1970

Top 20 records on 6 May 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1970	Schierke, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	82 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1970	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Pardoo Station, AU	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Cove 1 E, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	255.0 cm (100.4 in)	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Barisaho, GE	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Kimberley Downs, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Wallowa, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Hamersley, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Tibaji, BR	daily rain	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily low max	17.3 C (63.1 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Jindivick North, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Mount Edgar, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1970	Jigalong, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	41 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1970. 1970 had 710 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 1970-05-06: 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 200	590
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1