Weather Records on 6 May 2018

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 2018. Highest significance: Alderson, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 2018

On 6 May 2018, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 452 daily.
Alderson set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 6 May 2018.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 6 May 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pearisburg 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dongtai	China	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bluestone Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kzylzar	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hacker Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snowshoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenix AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Armavir	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt Gulch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tisul	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ma'an	Jordan	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolotnoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamen-Na-Obi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gathright Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeland Linder Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Urangan Hibiscus St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anvil Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Asu	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minidoka Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponyri	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nottingham: Watnall	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fedscreek 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanjing	China	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 208, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 70, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 May 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	208
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	70
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 May 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 452.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

372 broken records

Margins by which the 372 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 2018

Top 20 records on 6 May 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 2018	Alderson, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2018	Princeton, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	109 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2018	Ashland, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Summersville Lake, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Astrakan, RU	daily high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	126 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Pearisburg 4 SSE, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	26.9 C (80.4 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	131 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Norfolk Intl AP, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Dongtai, CN	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Hazelton, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Bluestone Lake, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Silchar, IN	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Kzylzar, KZ	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Eureka, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	127 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Belle Fourche, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Kisinev, MD	daily high min	18.2 C (64.8 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Ganca, AZ	daily high min	17.7 C (63.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Hacker Valley, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2018	Quartzsite, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2018. 2018 had 454 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 2018-05-06: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 May 2018
Margin	Records
0 to 10	345
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1