Weather Records on 6 March 1936

127 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1936. Highest significance: Bowen Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 1936

On 6 March 1936, 127 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 122 daily.
Bowen Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 195.6 mm (7.7 in) on 6 March 1936.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

127 stations

127 station records on 6 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	300.0 cm (118.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberly-de Beers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	145.0 cm (57.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rye Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nimach	India	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

127 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 47, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 122.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

105 broken records

Margins by which the 105 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1936

Top 20 records on 6 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1936	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1936	Pala, IN	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Sussex, CA	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Clarke River Telecom, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Barkerville, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Dawson, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Moncton, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Geilo, NO	all-time snow depth	300.0 cm (118.1 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily low max	23.8 C (74.8 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Dawson, CA	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Muvattupuzha, IN	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Manohar Thana, IN	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Sveg, SE	monthly rain	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Sussex, CA	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Perm, RU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1936	Big Timber, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	20 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1936. 1936 had 127 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 100	99
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1