Weather Records on 6 March 1988

833 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1988. Highest significance: Hogsback (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 6 March 1988

On 6 March 1988, 833 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 798 daily.
Hogsback (Bos) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 158.1 mm (6.2 in) on 6 March 1988.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

833 stations

833 station records on 6 March 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	158.1 mm (6.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Inyoko	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Iacri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carlos Chagas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tagtabazar	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Florisbad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Krokodilbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frykfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bastos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Calmbach Wildbad	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnarn	Sweden	Record snow depth	117.0 cm (46.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hornisgrinde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sunny Hills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carangola	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Billings	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz-Litoral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ibia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre_Svartla	Sweden	Record snow depth	111.0 cm (43.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mubarec	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Doornfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Navoi	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ralston	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westfalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arjeplog A	Sweden	Record snow depth	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Denau	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ludenscheid (Zeppelin-Gymnasiu	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjeville (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

833 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 483, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 58.

Records on 6 March 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	483
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	58

Records on 6 March 1988 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 26, daily 798.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

733 broken records

Margins by which the 733 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1988

Top 20 records on 6 March 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1988	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	158.1 mm (6.2 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1988	Gyshgy, TM	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1988	Inyoko, ZA	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Iacri, BR	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Carlos Chagas, BR	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Tagtabazar, TM	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Florisbad, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Krokodilbrug, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Conconully, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn", ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Frykfors, SE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Bastos, BR	daily rain	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Bad-Calmbach Wildbad, DE	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Gunnarn, SE	all-time snow depth	117.0 cm (46.1 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Conchas, BR	daily rain	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Hornisgrinde, DE	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Sunny Hills, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Long Creek, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1988	Pembina, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	63 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1988. 1988 had 833 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 1988-03-06: 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	699
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	2