Weather Records on 6 March 1916

51 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1916. Highest significance: Minnedosa, CA.

Key Facts for 6 March 1916

On 6 March 1916, 51 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 46 daily.
Minnedosa set a monthly record daily snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 6 March 1916.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

51 stations

51 station records on 6 March 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Booreegamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

51 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1916 by type: Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 March 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 March 1916 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 46.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1916

Top 20 records on 6 March 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1916	Minnedosa, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1916	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1916	Minnedosa, CA	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1916	Hillview, CA	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1916	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1916	Escanaba, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Stratford, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Gravenhurst, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Hillview, CA	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Booreegamma, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Gragin, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	St Albans, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Fergana, UZ	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Wanaaring Station, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	49 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	11 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Swift Current, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Swift Current, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	28 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1916	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	3 years	17 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1916. 1916 had 51 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1810	1
1811	1
1815	1
1816	1
1818	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	3
1862	2
1863	3
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	3
1872	3
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	4
1882	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	1
1890	1
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	7
1896	8
1897	5
1898	11
1899	1
1900	3
1901	10
1902	4
1903	8
1904	3
1905	2
1906	19
1907	3
1908	22
1909	26
1910	80
1911	15
1912	38
1913	84
1914	29
1915	44
1916	51
1917	47
1918	151
1919	86
1920	166
1921	179
1922	72
1923	75
1924	113
1925	229
1926	141
1927	114
1928	84
1929	141
1930	117
1931	470
1932	547
1933	212
1934	317
1935	465
1936	127
1937	514
1938	188
1939	493
1940	246
1941	273
1942	432
1943	1,090
1944	626
1945	829
1946	747
1947	573
1948	718
1949	349
1950	554
1951	1,008
1952	222
1953	214
1954	344
1955	612
1956	1,250
1957	497
1958	549
1959	718
1960	1,563
1961	1,031
1962	708
1963	464
1964	398
1965	511
1966	304
1967	681
1968	717
1969	404
1970	404
1971	806
1972	1,195
1973	779
1974	976
1975	469
1976	702
1977	636
1978	884
1979	1,114
1980	438
1981	760
1982	494
1983	2,157
1984	603
1985	440
1986	729
1987	1,773
1988	833
1989	1,913
1990	1,116
1991	1,040
1992	1,125
1993	525
1994	681
1995	1,418
1996	1,112
1997	1,041
1998	1,320
1999	702
2000	1,546
2001	970
2002	893
2003	856
2004	1,253
2005	1,194
2006	678
2007	997
2008	784
2009	1,086
2010	958
2011	689
2012	490
2013	862
2014	954
2015	1,836
2016	1,065
2017	962
2018	594
2019	1,309
2020	1,021
2021	247
2022	1,045
2023	863
2024	538
2025	1,223
2026	1,123

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	34
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1