Weather Records on 6 March 1918

151 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1918. Highest significance: Melton, AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 1918

On 6 March 1918, 151 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 148 daily.
Melton set an all-time record daily precipitation of 141.2 mm (5.6 in) on 6 March 1918.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

151 stations

151 station records on 6 March 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Neerim (Drewsdene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Metcalfe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ferntree Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

151 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 127, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 6 March 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 March 1918 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 148.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

144 broken records

Margins by which the 144 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1918

Top 20 records on 6 March 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1918	Melton, AU	all-time rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Neerim (Drewsdene), AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Murrumbeena Leeds Grove, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Warburton, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Warragul (Carbethon), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1918	Kew, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1918	Yarram, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1918	Warragul, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1918	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1918	Greensborough, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	29 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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1918. 1918 had 151 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	117
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1