Weather Records on 6 March 1973

779 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1973. Highest significance: Bonrook, AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 1973

On 6 March 1973, 779 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
487 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 770 daily.
Bonrook set a daily record precipitation of 136.7 mm (5.4 in) on 6 March 1973.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

779 stations

779 station records on 6 March 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bonrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sapulpa 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjeoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baker	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schmidtsdrif	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cushing	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jay	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oklahoma City East	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

779 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 350, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 March 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	350
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 March 1973 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 770.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

599 broken records

Margins by which the 599 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1973

Top 20 records on 6 March 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1973	Bonrook, AU	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1973	El Reno 1 N, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1973	Hannibal Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Eldon, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Neosho, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Sapulpa 1W, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Pawhuska, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	General Wayne A Downing Intl A, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Long Lake 5 SW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Independence, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Killdeer 8 NW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Epping, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Oranjeoord, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Baker, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Schmidtsdrif, ZA	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1973	Gaylord, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	64 years	35 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1973. 1973 had 779 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 1973-03-06: 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	553
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2