Weather Records on 6 March 1939

493 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1939. Highest significance: Blackheath (Lawrence St), AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 1939

On 6 March 1939, 493 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 471 daily.
Blackheath (Lawrence St) set a daily record precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 6 March 1939.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

493 stations

493 station records on 6 March 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin 1 Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	298.5 mm (11.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harmattan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

493 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 6 March 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 6 March 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 471.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

421 broken records

Margins by which the 421 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1575.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1939

Top 20 records on 6 March 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1939	Blackheath (Lawrence St), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Pokolbin 1 Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Bellingen Post Office, AU	daily rain	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Upper Orara (Aurania), AU	daily rain	298.5 mm (11.8 in)	208.6 mm (8.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	129.6 cm (51.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Koolool, AU	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Corning, US	daily snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	157.5 cm (62.0 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Wollongbar (Central Park Drive, AU	monthly rain	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE	monthly rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Marshalltown, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Dungog Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Paterson Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Taos, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1939	Clunes, AU	monthly rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1939. 1939 had 493 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 200	416
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1
1400 to 1600	1