Weather Records on 6 March 1970

404 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1970. Highest significance: Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE.

Key Facts for 6 March 1970

On 6 March 1970, 404 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 366 daily.
Leipzig-Holzhausen set a monthly record snow depth of 40.0 cm (15.7 in) on 6 March 1970.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

404 stations

404 station records on 6 March 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Suryapet	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	215.0 cm (84.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanker	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	82.0 cm (32.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcoverde (Rio Branco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brilon	Germany	Record snow depth	83.0 cm (32.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Penugonda	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu Halt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benjamin 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cajazeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

404 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 256, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 6 March 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 6 March 1970 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 26, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

364 broken records

Margins by which the 364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1970

Top 20 records on 6 March 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1970	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	monthly snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1970	Midland Odessa, US	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Suryapet, IN	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Srikakulam, IN	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Altastenberg, DE	all-time snow depth	215.0 cm (84.6 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Itchapuram, IN	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Anakapalli, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Gail, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Hobbs, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Jena Sternwarte, DE	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Brandenburg-Gorden, DE	all-time snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Manginapudi, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Wichita Mtn Wr, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Crowell, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Iliamna AP, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Dresden-Strehlen, DE	all-time snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Midland 4 ENE, US	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Grapeview 3 SW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1970	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	all-time snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	0 years	42 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1970. 1970 had 404 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	350
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1