Weather Records on 6 May 1974

806 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 1974. Highest significance: The Towers, ZA.

Key Facts for 6 May 1974

On 6 May 1974, 806 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
119 were record highs and 364 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 747 daily.
The Towers set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 6 May 1974.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

806 stations

806 station records on 6 May 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
North Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Slangfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Yabba Sfr 274	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wolmada	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzyletrek	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wolvi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Versamelhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dudinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madawaska	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

806 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 229, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 135, Heaviest daily rainfall 276, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 6 May 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	229
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	135
Heaviest daily rainfall	276
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 6 May 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 59, daily 747.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

680 broken records

Margins by which the 680 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 1974

Top 20 records on 6 May 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 1974	The Towers, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 May 1974	North Bay A, CA	monthly snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	7.8 cm (3.1 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Goedemoed (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Rouxville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Collingwood, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	103 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Kandanga Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Collingwood, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Slangfontein, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Little Yabba Sfr 274, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Pomona Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Mzimba, MW	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Wolmada, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Gyzyletrek, TM	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Ocala, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Gaylord, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 1974	Uccle, BE	daily low max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	136 years	42 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1974. 1974 had 806 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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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 100	679
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1