Weather Records on 6 May 2006

663 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 May 2006. Highest significance: Mokpo, KR.

Key Facts for 6 May 2006

On 6 May 2006, 663 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 638 daily.
Mokpo set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 6 May 2006.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

663 stations

663 station records on 6 May 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 May 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tripoli Airport	Libya	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chimoio	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Libres (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Heathlands National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wattisham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Terrington St Clement	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Center City	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtacamaxtitlan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stillhouse Hollow Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Teague Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
East Bergholt	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amatenango del Valle	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bergen/Flesland	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dinghai	China	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shamrock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fruholmen Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Slettnes Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thornton 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muddy Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Slatteroy Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Derna	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ona Husoy	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

663 records

Records set or tied on 6 May 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 6 May 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 6 May 2006 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 21, daily 638.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 May 2006

Top 20 records on 6 May 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 May 2006	Mokpo, KR	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2006	Tripoli Airport, LY	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 May 2006	Chimoio, MZ	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Haleakala Rs 338, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Libres (Smn), MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Marlin, US	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Manston, GB	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Heathlands National Park, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Gatesville, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Llano, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Wattisham, GB	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Terrington St Clement, GB	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Center City, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	San Augustine, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Incheon, KR	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Hilo Intl AP 87, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Iowa City, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Memphis, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 May 2006	Ixtacamaxtitlan (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	39 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 663 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 2006-05-06: 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	484
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1