Weather Records on 6 March 1943

1,090 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1943. Highest significance: Mount Satirist, AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 1943

On 6 March 1943, 1,090 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 609 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 1,028 daily.
Mount Satirist set a daily record precipitation of 133.9 mm (5.3 in) on 6 March 1943.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

1,090 stations

1,090 station records on 6 March 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Satirist	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dwight	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roebuck Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nimingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,090 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 243, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 366, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 141, Deepest snow cover 60.

Records on 6 March 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	243
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	366
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	141
Deepest snow cover	60

Records on 6 March 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 60, daily 1,028.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

932 broken records

Margins by which the 932 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 900.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1943

Top 20 records on 6 March 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1943	Mount Satirist, AU	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Gleichen, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Mt Pleasant 2 W, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	De Grey, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Dwight, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Emsdale, CA	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Kingfisher, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Trenton 2, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Goderich, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Ft Deposit, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Greensboro, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Roebuck Plains, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1943	Emsdale, CA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	40 years	37 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 1,090 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 1943-03-06: 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 200	930
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1