Weather Records on 6 May 2019

462 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 2019. Highest significance: Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US.

Key Facts for 6 May 2019

On 6 May 2019, 462 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 227 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 444 daily.
Chanute Martin Johnson AP set a daily record precipitation of 119.1 mm (4.7 in) on 6 May 2019.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

462 stations

462 station records on 6 May 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Sisian	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yumenzhen	China	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jiuquan	China	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vellore	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aerop.Internacional	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ytterhogdal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jalapa Ver.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kornesty	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huili	China	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gove Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St-Girons	France	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheb	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laredo 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shenyang	China	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alencon-Valframbert	France	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colstrip	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Branch STN 324.5	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

462 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 6 May 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 6 May 2019 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 444.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

403 broken records

Margins by which the 403 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 2019

Top 20 records on 6 May 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 2019	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2019	Sisian, AM	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2019	Yumenzhen, CN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Jiuquan, CN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Boggabri Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	120 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Milesville 5 NE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Moloaa 1145, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Dupree, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Sveg, SE	monthly rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Belle Fourche, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Vellore, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	109 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Aerop.Internacional, MX	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Hohenwald, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Ft Meade, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	112 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Le Bourget, FR	daily low min	0.8 C (33.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Belle Fourche, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2019	Dupree, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	92 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2019. 2019 had 462 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 2019-05-06: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	375
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1