Weather Records on 6 May 1998

1,160 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1998. Highest significance: San Gabriel Canyon Ph, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1998

On 6 May 1998, 1,160 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
611 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 24 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 1,067 daily.
San Gabriel Canyon Ph set a monthly record daily precipitation of 92.5 mm (3.6 in) on 6 May 1998.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,160 stations

1,160 station records on 6 May 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ovre_Svartla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
San Luis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Puottaure	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Panoche 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jackvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Atibaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ballastviken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alvsbyn_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Columbine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Garissa	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shimojishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Autaugaville 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vidsel	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tullamore (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Bowglen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burrawang (Range Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownlee Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Porjus	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson McKellar- Sipes AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baependi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uusikaarlepyy Jepua Jungar	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Springs Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Las Minas (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,160 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 396, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 459, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 6 May 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	396
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	459
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 May 1998 by timescale: all-time 24, monthly 69, daily 1,067.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

903 broken records

Margins by which the 903 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1998

Top 20 records on 6 May 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1998	San Gabriel Canyon Ph, US	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 May 1998	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	120 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 May 1998	Ovre_Svartla, SE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1998	San Luis Dam, US	all-time rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1998	Merriwa (Merry Vale), AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1998	Puottaure, SE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1998	Panoche 2 W, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1998	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1998	Jackvik, SE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1998	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1998	Atibaia, BR	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1998	Ballastviken, SE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1998	Alvsbyn_A, SE	monthly rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1998	Altadena, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1998	San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1998	Glendora Fc 287B, US	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1998	Cape Columbine, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1998	Santa Paula, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1998	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1998	Garissa, KE	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	50 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 1,160 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 1998-05-06: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 May 1998
Margin	Records
0 to 20	857
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1