Weather Records on 6 March 1942

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1942. Highest significance: Roorkee, IN.

Key Facts for 6 March 1942

On 6 March 1942, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 382 daily.
Roorkee set a daily record precipitation of 49.8 mm (2.0 in) on 6 March 1942.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 6 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roorkee	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Batala	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Colagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbine	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mosita	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 6 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 6 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 49, daily 382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

381 broken records

Margins by which the 381 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1942

Top 20 records on 6 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1942	Roorkee, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1942	Tranebjerg, DK	monthly low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1942	Tanda, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1942	Uccle, BE	daily low max	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1942	Tranebjerg, DK	monthly low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1942	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	monthly low min	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1942	Vastervik, SE	monthly low min	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1942	Vestervig, DK	daily low max	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1942	Balfour Downs, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1942	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	monthly low min	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1942	Husum, DE	daily low min	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1942	Magdeburg, DE	daily low min	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1942	Muhammadpur, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1942	Skara 1, SE	monthly low min	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1942	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low max	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1942	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low max	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1942	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	monthly low max	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1942	Potsdam, DE	monthly low min	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1942	Magdeburg, DE	monthly low max	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1942	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	32 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 432 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 50	370
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1