Weather Records on 6 May 1975

925 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1975. Highest significance: Morgan, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1975

On 6 May 1975, 925 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 407 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 866 daily.
Morgan set a monthly record daily snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 6 May 1975.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

925 stations

925 station records on 6 May 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	259.0 mm (10.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Biesjesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	315.0 mm (12.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bogotol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chemult	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Soljanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Three Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brandwag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

925 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 175, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 232, Heaviest daily rainfall 351, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 May 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	175
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	232
Heaviest daily rainfall	351
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 May 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 59, daily 866.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

738 broken records

Margins by which the 738 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1975

Top 20 records on 6 May 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1975	Morgan, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1975	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1975	Melstone, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Deeral, AU	monthly rain	259.0 mm (10.2 in)	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	19 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Biesjesfontein, ZA	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Milan, IT	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Joplin, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Plevna, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Gavar, AM	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Moncton, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Babinda Post Office, AU	monthly rain	315.0 mm (12.4 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Cape Town Maitland (Cem), ZA	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Bogotol, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Harlem, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Chemult, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Tuba City, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1975	Moncton A, CA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1975. 1975 had 925 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 100	726
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1