Weather Records on 6 March 1944

626 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1944. Highest significance: Bottineau, US.

Key Facts for 6 March 1944

On 6 March 1944, 626 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 594 daily.
Bottineau set an all-time record daily snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 6 March 1944.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

626 stations

626 station records on 6 March 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kanuparthi	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rajampet	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Avanigadda	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Giddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Darsi	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bapatla	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chandragiri	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chitvel	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Owk	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kanigiri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Piler(Pileru)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

626 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 417, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 6 March 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	417
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 6 March 1944 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 30, daily 594.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

552 broken records

Margins by which the 552 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1944

Top 20 records on 6 March 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1944	Bottineau, US	all-time snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1944	Udayagiri, IN	all-time rain	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1944	Kanuparthi, IN	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1944	Santaravur, IN	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1944	Ongole, IN	monthly rain	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1944	Palamner, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Tirupati, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Kamalapuram, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Rajampet, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Venukonda, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Ponnur(Ponnuru), IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Narsaraopet, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Avanigadda, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Rapur, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Atmakur, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Giddalore, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Podili(Podile), IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Darsi, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Belur, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1944	Coondapur, IN	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	56 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 626 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 25	438
25 to 50	67
50 to 75	27
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1