Weather Records on 7 May 2006

833 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 2006. Highest significance: Wallace, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 2006

On 7 May 2006, 833 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
330 were record highs and 257 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 799 daily.
Wallace set an all-time record daily precipitation of 149.9 mm (5.9 in) on 7 May 2006.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

833 stations

833 station records on 7 May 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yakushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kulani Camp 79	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kapapala Rch 36	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Angostura	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Makkaur Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	225.8 mm (8.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawaii Vol Np HQ 54	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown (South Para Reser	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bold Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

833 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 194, Lowest daily maximum 171, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 7 May 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	194
Lowest daily maximum	171
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 7 May 2006 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 26, daily 799.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

685 broken records

Margins by which the 685 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 2006

Top 20 records on 7 May 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 2006	Wallace, US	all-time rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2006	Cairo 1SW, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 May 2006	Gabes, TN	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Beachport, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Yakushima, JP	daily rain	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Thursday Island Township, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	124 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Vardoe, NO	daily high max	18.7 C (65.7 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Kulani Camp 79, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Uwajima, JP	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Clare (Hill River), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Harrogate, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	El Reno 1 N, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Kota Kinabalu Intl, MY	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Manston, GB	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Paola, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Kapapala Rch 36, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 2006	Isabela Substn, PR	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	43 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 833 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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Data for records on 2006-05-07: 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 20	662
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1