Weather Records on 6 May 2007

1,061 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 2007. Highest significance: Harrisonville, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 2007

On 6 May 2007, 1,061 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
506 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 989 daily.
Harrisonville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 148.8 mm (5.9 in) on 6 May 2007.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

1,061 stations

1,061 station records on 6 May 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Broadus	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Conde	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Baker	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Verona	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shenandoah	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Parallel	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Malcolm	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kinsley 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph Rosecrans Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bates Creek #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hulett	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Muddy Gap	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,061 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 339, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 394, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 6 May 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	339
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	394
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 6 May 2007 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 62, daily 989.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

826 broken records

Margins by which the 826 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 2007

Top 20 records on 6 May 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 2007	Harrisonville, US	monthly rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	96 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 May 2007	Mellette 4 W, US	all-time rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 May 2007	Larned, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Atlantic 1 NE, US	monthly rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	74 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Miller, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Sac City, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Blue Rapids, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	96 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Claflin, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Broadus, US	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Redfield, US	all-time rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	14 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Tekamah, US	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Columbia 8 N, US	all-time rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Conde, US	monthly rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Nebraska City 2NW, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Ida Grove 5NW, US	monthly rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Bucklin 1SE, US	all-time rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2007	Sidney 1SSE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)

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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2007. 2007 had 1,061 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 2007-05-06: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	787
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1