Weather Records on 6 March 2002

893 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 2002. Highest significance: Forshult, SE.

Key Facts for 6 March 2002

On 6 March 2002, 893 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
340 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 869 daily.
Forshult set a daily record precipitation of 25.1 mm (1.0 in) on 6 March 2002.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

893 stations

893 station records on 6 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Forshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Centralnyj Rudnik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolmen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grebbeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lukachukai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Willamette Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hid	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 7 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Aion	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Langlois #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashburton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nezperce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morrilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Falls 46 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Loma	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marmarth	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Litang	China	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

893 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 139, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 6 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	139
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 6 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 869.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

747 broken records

Margins by which the 747 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 2002

Top 20 records on 6 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 2002	Forshult, SE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Hamilton, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Centralnyj Rudnik, RU	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Bolmen, SE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Libby 32 SSE, US	daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Blackleaf, US	monthly low max	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Pomeroy, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Blue Canyon Nyack AP, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Waterloo, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Evergreen, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	E Glacier, US	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Grebbeshult, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Lukachukai, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	Setauket Strong, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2002	New England, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	93 years	40 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 893 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	1,311
2020	1,023
2021	247
2022	1,045
2023	862
2024	538
2025	1,223
2026	1,124

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	683
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	3