Weather Records on 6 March 1994

681 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1994. Highest significance: Sholapur, IN.

Key Facts for 6 March 1994

On 6 March 1994, 681 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
294 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 663 daily.
Sholapur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.1 mm (2.1 in) on 6 March 1994.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

681 stations

681 station records on 6 March 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Grootdoornrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Abiquiu Dam	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ascencion (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record snow depth	167.6 cm (66.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Rsch Farm	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Langhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rietfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmeirais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Martin	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedagt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Navilloween	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Landisville 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fordsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vergelegen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zacatlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rhenostervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
The Mills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koosharem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Urepetiro	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maudal	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springvalley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palm 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cointzio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sinnemahoning	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tamaqua	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

681 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 78.

Records on 6 March 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	78

Records on 6 March 1994 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 663.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

521 broken records

Margins by which the 521 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1994

Top 20 records on 6 March 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1994	Sholapur, IN	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1994	Towanda 1 S, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1994	Grootdoornrivier, ZA	monthly rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1994	Lissadell, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Arcturus Downs, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Elmira, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Chanthaburi, TH	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Abiquiu Dam, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Jacobina, BR	monthly rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Ascencion (Smn), MX	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Gloversville, US	daily snow depth	167.6 cm (66.0 in)	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Yangan Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Aurora Rsch Farm, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Langhult, SE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Sherburne, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Rietfontein (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1994	Rangely 1E, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	87 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1994. 1994 had 681 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	477
100 to 200	26
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1