Weather Records on 6 March 1945

829 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1945. Highest significance: Vincennes 4 E, US.

Key Facts for 6 March 1945

On 6 March 1945, 829 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 784 daily.
Vincennes 4 E set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 6 March 1945.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

829 stations

829 station records on 6 March 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	449.1 mm (17.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	410.0 mm (16.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Sus Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Henryville Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.4 mm (9.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ewan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

829 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 342, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 6 March 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 6 March 1945 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 39, daily 784.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

701 broken records

Margins by which the 701 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1945

Top 20 records on 6 March 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1945	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	449.1 mm (17.7 in)	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	New Burnside, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Hillsboro, US	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	410.0 mm (16.1 in)	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Kalamia Estate, AU	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Williamstown, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Cincinnati Sus Brg, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Jackson, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Dennison Wtr Wks, US	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Greensburg 3 SE Unity, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Ellenview, AU	daily rain	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Zeehan Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1945	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	51 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 829 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 1945-03-06: 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	640
50 to 100	44
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	2