Weather Records on 6 May 1985

549 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1985. Highest significance: Laverton, AU.

Key Facts for 6 May 1985

On 6 May 1985, 549 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 529 daily.
Laverton set a daily record precipitation of 34.2 mm (1.3 in) on 6 May 1985.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

549 stations

549 station records on 6 May 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wanarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Meeline Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kondopoga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pullagaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nambi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballidu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fushiki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fukui	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirkalocka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Noongall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cashmere Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narndee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Langley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record low minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montmorillon	France	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

549 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 6 May 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 6 May 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1985

Top 20 records on 6 May 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1985	Laverton, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1985	Wanarie, AU	monthly rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1985	Challa, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1985	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1985	Mount Magnet, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Meeline Station, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Kondopoga, RU	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Eagle, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Pullagaroo, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Nambi, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Yuinmery, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Aikawa, JP	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Toyama, JP	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Nome AP, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Nuuanu Rsch 4 783, US	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Sveg, SE	daily snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1985	Petrozawodsk, RU	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	44 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1985. 1985 had 549 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1985-05-06: 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 50	446
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2