Weather Records on 6 March 1938

188 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1938. Highest significance: Wilton, IN.

Key Facts for 6 March 1938

On 6 March 1938, 188 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 182 daily.
Wilton set a daily record precipitation of 59.9 mm (2.4 in) on 6 March 1938.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

188 stations

188 station records on 6 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record snow depth	174.0 cm (68.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.7 C (105.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angiola	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sakardu Obsy	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

188 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 6 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 6 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 182.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

151 broken records

Margins by which the 151 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 1938

Top 20 records on 6 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1938	Wilton, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1938	Dhakuakhana, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1938	Renovo, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1938	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	20.8 C (69.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	74 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1938	Franklin, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1938	Tunnsjo, NO	all-time snow depth	174.0 cm (68.5 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	North Lakhimpur, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high max	40.4 C (104.7 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab, IN	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	27.9 C (82.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	59 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Parkers Landing, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Kuturi, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	59 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Ponce 4 E, PR	monthly low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	40.7 C (105.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	56 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Pet Jorhat, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1938	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	23 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 188 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	142
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1