Weather Records on 6 March 2004

1,253 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 2004. Highest significance: Killarney Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 2004

On 6 March 2004, 1,253 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
607 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 1,197 daily.
Killarney Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 81.6 mm (3.2 in) on 6 March 2004.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,253 stations

1,253 station records on 6 March 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Canungra Finch Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.2 mm (7.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	226.0 mm (8.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	263.0 mm (10.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Buynaksk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	417.0 mm (16.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chillingham (Limpinwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	331.0 mm (13.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Driggs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mt Glorious Fahey Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.6 mm (8.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sim Jue Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.8 mm (6.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Nebo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.6 mm (7.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gallangowan Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mandala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Hopeland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lurnea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dayboro Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.0 mm (7.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boonah Stark Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eumarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashgrove Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vincent Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Top Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koorrnong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Berryman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tenthill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Capalaba Water Treat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
The Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Talgai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cangai (Smelter Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Doon Doon (McCabes Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	327.0 mm (12.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Francistown	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boonah Border Gate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Danewood Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moyola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,253 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 276, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 331, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 494, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 6 March 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	276
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	331
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	494
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 6 March 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 55, daily 1,197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,029 broken records

Margins by which the 1,029 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 268.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 2004

Top 20 records on 6 March 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 2004	Killarney Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Old Koreelah (McPherson), AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Mt Brisbane, AU	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Canungra Finch Road, AU	daily rain	196.2 mm (7.7 in)	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Mt Tamborine Fern St, AU	daily rain	226.0 mm (8.9 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Tomewin (Border Gate), AU	daily rain	263.0 mm (10.4 in)	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Buynaksk, RU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	70 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Numinbah, AU	daily rain	417.0 mm (16.4 in)	268.4 mm (10.6 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Mt Mee, AU	daily rain	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	58 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Jingi Jingi, AU	daily rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Chillingham (Limpinwood), AU	monthly rain	331.0 mm (13.0 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	48 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Driggs, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Wooroolin Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	77 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Coominya Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	73 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Mt Glorious Fahey Rd, AU	daily rain	221.6 mm (8.7 in)	155.1 mm (6.1 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Maleny Denning Rd, AU	daily rain	247.0 mm (9.7 in)	127.1 mm (5.0 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Sim Jue Creek, AU	daily rain	173.8 mm (6.8 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2004	Hattonvale Store, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	59 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2004. 2004 had 1,253 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 2004-03-06: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	946
50 to 100	67
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1