Weather Records on 4 March 2006

711 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 2006. Highest significance: Harlem, US.

Key Facts for 4 March 2006

On 4 March 2006, 711 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 669 daily.
Harlem set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 4 March 2006.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

711 stations

711 station records on 4 March 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harlem	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Petrisberg	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aschaffenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willits 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sitiawan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
The Channon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pfullendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbatore/Peelamed	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bernkastel-Kues	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alzey	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brothers	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wurzburg	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weiskirchen/Saar	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bhopal/Bairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Cape Byron Lighthou	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

711 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 64.

Records on 4 March 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	64

Records on 4 March 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 41, daily 669.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

545 broken records

Margins by which the 545 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 2006

Top 20 records on 4 March 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 2006	Harlem, US	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	74 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2006	Rheinfelden, DE	monthly rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2006	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	111 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2006	Basel-Mulhouse, FR	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Kassala, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Harlem, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	111 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Tomewin (Border Gate), AU	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	87 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Dijon-Longvic, FR	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily high max	33.7 C (92.7 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Rhein Main, DE	monthly snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	125.8 mm (5.0 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Trier-Petrisberg, DE	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	111 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	120 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2006	Aschaffenburg, DE	monthly snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	59 years	49 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

1801 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2006. 2006 had 711 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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 25	472
25 to 50	32
50 to 75	24
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1