Weather Records on 1 May 2006

734 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 May 2006. Highest significance: Eden (Caravan Park), AU.

Key Facts for 1 May 2006

On 1 May 2006, 734 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
251 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 699 daily.
Eden (Caravan Park) set a daily record precipitation of 124.4 mm (4.9 in) on 1 May 2006.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

734 stations

734 station records on 1 May 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 May 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paredes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Azueta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa (Fools Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Airport Evap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Joquicingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chaucingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Turner Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mallacoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Tree (Grays Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enyeje	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Tejocote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prestwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
E.T.A. 340 Zirandaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saffle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Longley (Telopea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Highbury Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Readstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Blanco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hogboda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bunker 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Almaden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gray (Craigie-Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orandino	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zitlaltepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Salvador El Seco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke Rapids	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tlacualera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toomba Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

734 records

Records set or tied on 1 May 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 299, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 1 May 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 1 May 2006 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 31, daily 699.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

588 broken records

Margins by which the 588 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 May 2006

Top 20 records on 1 May 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 May 2006	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 May 2006	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	111 years	75 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2006	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	138 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2006	Yarram, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 May 2006	Chain of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Pambula Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Paredes, MX	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Coen Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	89 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Azueta, MX	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Genoa (Fools Haven), AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Coen Airport Evap, AU	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Green Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Joquicingo, MX	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Rookwood Station, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Chaucingo, MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Mount Turner Station, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Mallacoota, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Fern Tree (Grays Road), AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	Enyeje, MX	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 May 2006	El Tejocote, MX	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	46 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2006. 2006 had 734 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1804	1
1814	1
1818	1
1835	1
1836	1
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	1
1868	2
1872	1
1875	4
1878	2
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	6
1893	2
1894	5
1896	1
1897	4
1898	1
1899	8
1900	1
1901	5
1902	7
1903	9
1904	9
1905	13
1906	12
1907	31
1908	20
1909	49
1910	13
1911	22
1912	18
1913	54
1914	23
1915	27
1916	27
1917	37
1918	34
1919	150
1920	186
1921	41
1922	92
1923	64
1924	63
1925	118
1926	500
1927	125
1928	190
1929	142
1930	263
1931	537
1932	220
1933	706
1934	305
1935	276
1936	368
1937	218
1938	304
1939	227
1940	731
1941	333
1942	1,036
1943	526
1944	229
1945	350
1946	415
1947	655
1948	774
1949	405
1950	439
1951	894
1952	557
1953	917
1954	1,506
1955	772
1956	1,106
1957	359
1958	448
1959	764
1960	737
1961	588
1962	615
1963	704
1964	312
1965	360
1966	707
1967	948
1968	426
1969	429
1970	1,075
1971	444
1972	562
1973	841
1974	589
1975	286
1976	673
1977	545
1978	1,202
1979	612
1980	507
1981	1,265
1982	508
1983	1,423
1984	640
1985	789
1986	512
1987	1,098
1988	1,058
1989	949
1990	922
1991	633
1992	1,201
1993	1,101
1994	1,210
1995	1,365
1996	1,439
1997	804
1998	951
1999	932
2000	809
2001	1,106
2002	1,221
2003	964
2004	887
2005	1,320
2006	734
2007	857
2008	979
2009	679
2010	1,151
2011	716
2012	796
2013	976
2014	941
2015	550
2016	844
2017	1,163
2018	519
2019	788
2020	1,099
2021	834
2022	319
2023	912
2024	458
2025	430
2026	623

Download the Data

Data for records on 2006-05-01: 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 25	556
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1