Weather Records on 6 March 1941

273 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1941. Highest significance: College STN 6 SW, US.

Key Facts for 6 March 1941

On 6 March 1941, 273 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 268 daily.
College STN 6 SW set a daily record precipitation of 84.6 mm (3.3 in) on 6 March 1941.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

273 stations

273 station records on 6 March 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Topeka	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williambury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vlakfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aspen Grove Rch 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Patacharkuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mombaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

273 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 6 March 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 6 March 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 268.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

233 broken records

Margins by which the 233 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1941

Top 20 records on 6 March 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1941	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1941	Topeka, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1941	La Grange, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1941	Lampasas, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1941	Alton 1 W, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1941	Wien, AT	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1941	Lockwood, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1941	Medicine Lodge, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1941	Williambury, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1941	Emporia 1 S, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1941	Minden, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1941	Prince Rupert, CA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1941	Ft Valley, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1941	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1941	Hannibal, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1941	Vlakfontein, ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1941	Horton, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1941	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1941	Corsicana, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1941	Llano, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	27 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1941. 1941 had 273 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 1941-03-06: 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	209
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1