Weather Records on 6 March 1999

702 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1999. Highest significance: Laukuva, LT.

Key Facts for 6 March 1999

On 6 March 1999, 702 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 682 daily.
Laukuva set an all-time record daily precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 6 March 1999.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

702 stations

702 station records on 6 March 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laukuva	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bollerup	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Smiths Basin	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ak-Bulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Callide Open Cut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Hirsel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kroombit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winvic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huautla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baralaba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dewitt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meoqui (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Constantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Painesville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Kalb	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Park Forest Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Kroombit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wilkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

702 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 106, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 6 March 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	106
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 6 March 1999 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 682.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1999

Top 20 records on 6 March 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1999	Laukuva, LT	all-time rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1999	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1999	Bollerup, SE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1999	Williamston 3NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Bloomingdale, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Smiths Basin, US	all-time snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Ak-Bulak, RU	monthly rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Lockport 2SE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Lowman, US	daily snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Callide Open Cut, AU	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Fredonia, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Rochester Gtr Intl, US	daily snowfall	46.7 cm (18.4 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Goshen 3SW, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Hillview, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1999	Oswego, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	61 years	44 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1999. 1999 had 702 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 1999-03-06: 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 100	548
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1