Weather Records on 6 May 1972

499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1972. Highest significance: Healy, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1972

On 6 May 1972, 499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 490 daily.
Healy set a daily record precipitation of 79.5 mm (3.1 in) on 6 May 1972.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

499 stations

499 station records on 6 May 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beylagan Aerodrome	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Turi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chileka	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lachin	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McCulloch	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwer (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Jong Ranch, Howic	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tkvarcheli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Grange, Umzimkul	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Impendle (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gleniffer	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurdamir	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keda	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flitwick Grange	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vectis, Winterton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clarkson	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gunib	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

499 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 320, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 6 May 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	320
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 6 May 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

440 broken records

Margins by which the 440 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 188.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1972

Top 20 records on 6 May 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1972	Healy, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1972	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1972	Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras), BR	daily rain	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1972	Viljandi, EE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Yampa, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Beylagan Aerodrome, AZ	all-time rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Green Mountains, AU	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Turi, EE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Chileka, MW	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Cuero, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Lamoni, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Utica, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Lynway, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Lachin, AZ	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Collyer 10 S, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Runge, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	McCulloch, CA	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1972	Blackleaf, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	66 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 499 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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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 25	396
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1