Weather Records on 6 March 1975

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1975. Highest significance: Tiksi, RU.

Key Facts for 6 March 1975

On 6 March 1975, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 459 daily.
Tiksi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.0 mm (1.3 in) on 6 March 1975.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

469 stations

469 station records on 6 March 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tiksi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glenrock 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lytle Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguaruana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Prietos Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Kalk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Egito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newhall S Fc32Ce	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pacoima Dam Fc33A-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Canyon Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Feitoria (Sao Felix)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vivian	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sitio Passagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Groenkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mosita	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ames	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mbarara	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
N Is NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palhano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Catole	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Suassurana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dombietersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 6 March 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 6 March 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 459.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

389 broken records

Margins by which the 389 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1975

Top 20 records on 6 March 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1975	Tiksi, RU	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Poway Valley, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Martins, BR	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Glenrock 5 ESE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Caico, BR	monthly rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Lytle Creek Rs, US	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Jaguaruana, BR	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Sandberg, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Los Prietos Rs, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Pasadena, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	De Kalk, ZA	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Sao Jose Do Egito, BR	monthly rain	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Newhall S Fc32Ce, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Hofmeyer (Mun), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Juncal Dam, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Pacoima Dam Fc33A-E, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Dry Canyon Rsvr, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Fairmont, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1975	Brest-Guipavas, FR	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	24 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1975. 1975 had 469 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 50	370
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1