Weather Records on 6 March 1966

304 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1966. Highest significance: Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 1966

On 6 March 1966, 304 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 293 daily.
Cape Otway Lighthouse set a daily record high minimum temperature of 22.2 C (72.0 F) on 6 March 1966.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

304 stations

304 station records on 6 March 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barretos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Entabeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dupree	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pederneiras (Cpef) D5-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wolwefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Janaul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duvan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ayikudi	India	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cernuska	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

304 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 6 March 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 6 March 1966 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

242 broken records

Margins by which the 242 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1966

Top 20 records on 6 March 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1966	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1966	Miles City, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1966	Kaslo, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1966	Oujda, MA	monthly low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1966	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Kottayam P.W.D, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Barretos, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Waialua 847, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Yakutat AP, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Montpelier, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Yerevan, AM	daily high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Entabeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Armagh, GB	daily high min	8.8 C (47.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Beaumont City, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Napoleon, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Luling, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Clearwater, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	65 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Golden A, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 1966	Fredericksburg, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	64 years	26 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1966. 1966 had 304 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 1966-03-06: 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 20	208
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	3