Weather Records on 6 May 1983

554 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1983. Highest significance: Columbus, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1983

On 6 May 1983, 554 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
195 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 532 daily.
Columbus set a monthly record daily snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 6 May 1983.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

554 stations

554 station records on 6 May 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Helvecia (Efbm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kloosterzande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Menard 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wenzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dandong	China	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burks Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Las Flores	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ione 18 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goose A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scofield Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Five Finger Lt STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corrigin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amealco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Apizaco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pervomajskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Boquilla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yahualica de Gonzalez Gallo (	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Point Arena	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Herington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

554 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 6 May 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 6 May 1983 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 532.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1983

Top 20 records on 6 May 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1983	Columbus, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1983	Minneota, US	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Helvecia (Efbm), BR	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Grand Lake 1 NW, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Kloosterzande, NL	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Lagunillas, MX	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Semjachik, RU	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Big Timber, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Bridger 2 N, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Menard 3 NE, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Wenzhou, CN	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Timber Lake, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	E Lawai 934, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Dandong, CN	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1983	Port Alice, CA	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1983	Des Arc, US	monthly high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1983	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1983	Faribault, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1983	Pollock, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 May 1983	Columbus, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1983. 1983 had 554 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 50	423
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1