Weather Records on 6 March 1964

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1964. Highest significance: Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 1964

On 6 March 1964, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 378 daily.
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs) set a daily record precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 6 March 1964.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 6 March 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coolac (Hopewood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Billabong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.8 C (-43.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Elms	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.9 C (-34.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mowbray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.1 C (-25.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-29.3 C (-20.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.9 C (-25.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish 9 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toolleen (Ryan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	243.3 mm (9.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.3 C (-24.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 82, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 6 March 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 6 March 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 378.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

320 broken records

Margins by which the 320 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1964

Top 20 records on 6 March 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1964	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Atherton Post Office, AU	daily rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Premer (Eden Moor), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Kairi Research Station, AU	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Coolac (Hopewood), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Yungaburra, AU	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	151.3 mm (6.0 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Cootamundra Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Pine Ridge (Billabong), AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Julatten, AU	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Millaa Millaa Post Office, AU	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	115.4 mm (4.5 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Tobolsk, RU	monthly low min	-41.8 C (-43.2 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1964	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1964	Westcliffe, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1964	Peeramon, AU	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1964	Kelvin (Kahana), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1964	The Elms, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1964	Biser, RU	monthly low min	-36.9 C (-34.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1964	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily high min	28.1 C (82.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1964	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	monthly low min	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	52 years	32 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1964. 1964 had 398 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 1964-03-06: 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	288
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1