Weather Records on 6 March 1955

612 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1955. Highest significance: Tanana AP, US.

Key Facts for 6 March 1955

On 6 March 1955, 612 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 293 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 584 daily.
Tanana AP set an all-time record daily snowfall of 63.5 cm (25.0 in) on 6 March 1955.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

612 stations

612 station records on 6 March 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Acu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pau Dos Ferros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Creek (Leneva)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Samford Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skagit Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashcroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook Cove	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morris	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

612 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 190, Heaviest daily rainfall 127, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 6 March 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	190
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 6 March 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 584.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1955

Top 20 records on 6 March 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1955	Tanana AP, US	all-time snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1955	Acu, BR	all-time rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	Angicos, BR	daily rain	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	Iguape, BR	daily rain	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	Pau Dos Ferros, BR	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	Uxbridge, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	McBride 4SE, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	Quesnel, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	Snowville, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	Palmer 3 ESE, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1955	Joao Pessoa, BR	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1955	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1955	Barnawartha, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1955	Kendrew Estates, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1955	Schelm, ZA	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	33 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 612 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	476
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1