Weather Records on 6 March 1921

179 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1921. Highest significance: Waverley (Belltrees 2), AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 1921

On 6 March 1921, 179 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 179 daily.
Waverley (Belltrees 2) set a daily record precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 6 March 1921.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

179 stations

179 station records on 6 March 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waverley (Belltrees 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pallal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Welbon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belltrees Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lila Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woolerina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Gresford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Pier Pier)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

179 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 6 March 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 March 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 179.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

172 broken records

Margins by which the 172 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1921

Top 20 records on 6 March 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1921	Waverley (Belltrees 2), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Wingen (Murrulla), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Pallal, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Belltrees 1, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Blackville Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Newlands, ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Coonamble Comparison, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Stonehenge, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Bourke (Beemery), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Garah (Welbon), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Binnaway (Hawthorne), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1921	Belltrees Homestead, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1921	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1921	Mullaley (Bando), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1921	Boorolong, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1921	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1921	Calga, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	28 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1921. 1921 had 179 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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Data for records on 1921-03-06: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	129
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1