Weather Records on 6 May 1999

1,198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1999. Highest significance: Lake Providence, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 1999

On 6 May 1999, 1,198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
371 were record highs and 439 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,143 daily.
Lake Providence set a daily record precipitation of 94.5 mm (3.7 in) on 6 May 1999.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,198 stations

1,198 station records on 6 May 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parkfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lerma	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jonuta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hodges	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rome R B Russell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Condinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guayabal	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tidewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cordele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winona 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,198 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 173, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 280, Heaviest daily rainfall 375, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 6 May 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	173
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	280
Heaviest daily rainfall	375
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 6 May 1999 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 51, daily 1,143.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

948 broken records

Margins by which the 948 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1999

Top 20 records on 6 May 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1999	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	105 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1999	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1999	Kirup, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Ripley, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Chattanooga AP, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Bowbells, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Belzoni, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	New Salem 5NW, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	114 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Parkfield, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Drake 9 NE, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Detour Village, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Charleston, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Phelps, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Pogranichnoe, RU	monthly rain	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	University, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Velva, US	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1999	Booneville, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	48 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1999. 1999 had 1,198 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 1999-05-06: 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	932
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1