Weather Records on 6 May 1971

459 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1971. Highest significance: Mt Sterling, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1971

On 6 May 1971, 459 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 435 daily.
Mt Sterling set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 6 May 1971.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

459 stations

459 station records on 6 May 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Mechen Dam 13	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pendroy 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Senecaville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charles Mill Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bruceton 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Sao Vicente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremiah 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

459 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 May 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 May 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1971

Top 20 records on 6 May 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1971	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1971	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1971	Prospect, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Lakeview 3 NE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	La Rue, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Eaton, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Marion 2 N, US	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Middletown, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	McKeesport, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Newell, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Lima Wwtp, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Kenton, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Mansfield 5 W, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Defiance, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Summerfield 2 NE, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Mc Mechen Dam 13, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1971	Pendroy 2 NNW, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	47 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1971. 1971 had 459 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 1971-05-06: 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	349
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1