Weather Records on 6 May 1977

896 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1977. Highest significance: Cobar (Paddington), AU.

Key Facts for 6 May 1977

On 6 May 1977, 896 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
212 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 880 daily.
Cobar (Paddington) set a daily record precipitation of 60.6 mm (2.4 in) on 6 May 1977.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

896 stations

896 station records on 6 May 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bulgroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Morrl Morrl (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beckom (Stawell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Portsea Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tullibigeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Groenkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Berrillee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Wooyeo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Galeana (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rowan (Connorton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Van der Waltshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calitzdorp (Dam)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.8 cm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost Forest Headquarters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Horeb (Marathorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandhoogte (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

896 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 538, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 May 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	538
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 May 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 880.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

803 broken records

Margins by which the 803 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1977

Top 20 records on 6 May 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1977	Cobar (Paddington), AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	93 years	78 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1977	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	79 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1977	Bulgroo Station, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1977	Ft Madison, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1977	Hillston (Hunthawang), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1977	Morrl Morrl (Valley View), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1977	Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1977	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	monthly rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1977	Beckom (Stawell St), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1977	Barellan Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1977	Naradhan (Uralba), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1977	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1977	Portsea Quarantine Station, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1977	Ganmain Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1977	Tullibigeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1977	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1977	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1977	Coolamon Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1977	Beaufort (Wongan), AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1977	Groenkloof, ZA	daily rain	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	53 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1977. 1977 had 896 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 1977-05-06: 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	595
10 to 20	131
20 to 30	48
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	7
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	6