Weather Records on 6 March 1963

464 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1963. Highest significance: Andrews, US.

Key Facts for 6 March 1963

On 6 March 1963, 464 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 451 daily.
Andrews set a daily record precipitation of 98.0 mm (3.9 in) on 6 March 1963.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

464 stations

464 station records on 6 March 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Damascus	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Manan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
East Angus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sidhi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Swannanoa 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

464 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 85, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 6 March 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	85
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 6 March 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1963

Top 20 records on 6 March 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1963	Andrews, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Adairsville, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Woodville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Anderson, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Pelzer, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Damascus, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Regensburg, DE	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Toccoa, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Kingsport, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Lambton, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Gainesville, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Clemson UNIV, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Rainbow Lake, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Walhalla, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Khajwa, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1963	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	24 years	41 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 464 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 1963-03-06: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	359
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1