Weather Records on 6 March 1937

514 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1937. Highest significance: Yanac North, AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 1937

On 6 March 1937, 514 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
389 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 509 daily.
Yanac North set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 6 March 1937.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

514 stations

514 station records on 6 March 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yanac North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kanowna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malcolm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Widgiemooltha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Honokaa Mauka	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulia 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daveyhurst Mulwarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

514 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 261, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 6 March 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	261
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 6 March 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 509.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1937

Top 20 records on 6 March 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1937	Yanac North, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1937	Kanowna, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1937	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1937	Kalgoorlie Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1937	Bulong, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1937	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1937	Gospic, HR	daily rain	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1937	Olaa 92, US	monthly rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1937	Honohina 137, US	daily rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1937	Malcolm, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1937	Gyzylarbat, TM	monthly low max	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1937	Paauhau 217, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1937	Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1937	Port Townsend, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1937	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1937	New Salem 5NW, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12.3 C (22.1 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1937	Widgiemooltha, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1937	Albion, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	11.2 C (20.2 F)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1937	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1937	Sac City, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	27 years	24 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 514 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 1937-03-06: 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 50	439
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1