Weather Records on 6 March 1946

747 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1946. Highest significance: Waren, DE.

Key Facts for 6 March 1946

On 6 March 1946, 747 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
449 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 737 daily.
Waren set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.0 mm (2.2 in) on 6 March 1946.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

747 stations

747 station records on 6 March 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uruque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

747 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 231, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 6 March 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	231
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 6 March 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 737.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

619 broken records

Margins by which the 619 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1946

Top 20 records on 6 March 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1946	Waren, DE	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1946	Atlantic 1 NE, US	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Kalkfontein, ZA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Conway, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Castlewood, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Beatrice, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Syracuse, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Lansing, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Clark, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Fayette, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Waterloo, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Fairfax, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Babb 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Prairie du Chien, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1946	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	29 years	36 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 747 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 200	617
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1