Weather Records on 4 May 2006

650 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 2006. Highest significance: Tbilisi, GE.

Key Facts for 4 May 2006

On 4 May 2006, 650 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
398 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 633 daily.
Tbilisi set a daily record precipitation of 84.1 mm (3.3 in) on 4 May 2006.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

650 stations

650 station records on 4 May 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nullarbor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bute: Rothesay	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Austin-Camp Mabry	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	428.8 mm (16.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hueyotlipan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Astrahanka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heathlands National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Odell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guanghua	China	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atotonilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Van Buren 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Takle	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kennett Radio Kboa	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nordhorn	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monclova	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Summer Shade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huimin	China	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bijie	China	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Torsvag Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Xian	China	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norderney	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Las Cruces	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vaernes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

650 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 199, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 May 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	199
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 May 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 14, daily 633.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

517 broken records

Margins by which the 517 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 197.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 2006

Top 20 records on 4 May 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 2006	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2006	Nullarbor, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 May 2006	Alger-Dar El Beida, DZ	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Bute: Rothesay, GB	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Austin-Camp Mabry, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Yangjiang, CN	daily rain	428.8 mm (16.9 in)	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Tepelmeme de Morelos, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Hueyotlipan, MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Spur, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Anaconda, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Uccle, BE	daily high min	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	140 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Astrahanka, RU	monthly low min	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Heathlands National Park, AU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Blytheville, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Odell 2 N, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Santa Rosa, MX	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Nikolaev, UA	daily low min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	93 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 2006	Dos Bocas, PR	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	27 years	36 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 650 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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Data for records on 2006-05-04: 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	504
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1