Weather Records on 6 May 2005

826 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 2005. Highest significance: Booylgoo Spring, AU.

Key Facts for 6 May 2005

On 6 May 2005, 826 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
234 were record highs and 308 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 787 daily.
Booylgoo Spring set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.0 mm (3.1 in) on 6 May 2005.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

826 stations

826 station records on 6 May 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Depot Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Tuckanarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Hillview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Polotsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Drewsey	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fallon Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yakabindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City Cgas	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rosta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wewahitchka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ontario Ksrv	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock Derby Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dodre	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
P-Ranch South Place	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Delano	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dufurrena - Denio 22WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Denio	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bayboro 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelirrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Borisov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koonmarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovskij Zav	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manteo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Judal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meekatharra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

826 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 196, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 112, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 May 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	196
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	112
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 May 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 787.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

652 broken records

Margins by which the 652 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 585.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 2005

Top 20 records on 6 May 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 2005	Booylgoo Spring, AU	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 May 2005	Depot Springs, AU	monthly rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	75 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 May 2005	Tuckanarra, AU	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	77 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Riverside 7 SSW, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Mileura, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Hillview, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Unity, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	95 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Payette, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Sandstone, AU	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Polotsk, BY	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Friant Government Camp, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Lahontan Dam, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Lovelock, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Drewsey, US	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Fallon Naas, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell, US	monthly rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2005	Yakabindie, AU	monthly rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2005	Madera, US	all-time rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2005	Elizabeth City Cgas, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2005	Albion Downs, AU	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	58 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2005. 2005 had 826 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 2005-05-06: 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 100	651
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1