Weather Records on 6 March 2020

1,021 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 2020. Highest significance: Chiltern (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 2020

On 6 March 2020, 1,021 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
589 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 1,000 daily.
Chiltern (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 107.0 mm (4.2 in) on 6 March 2020.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

1,021 stations

1,021 station records on 6 March 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wyntoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wellington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Trangie Research Station AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dunorlan (Sharmans Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
South Mount Cameron (Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Taroona (Taroona Crescent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
East Sassafras (Elphin Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Selbourne (Kirnbrae)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Juanita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weetah (Weetah Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hagley (Fairbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Forthside Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rasht	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galambine (Gooree Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eumungerie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Shannon Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Yappalee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bardwell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parkham (Avenue Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Archerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Bay (Temco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tea Tree (the Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Strathayr)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,021 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 286, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 303, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 404, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 6 March 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	286
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	303
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	404
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 6 March 2020 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 1,000.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

904 broken records

Margins by which the 904 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 430.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 2020

Top 20 records on 6 March 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 2020	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Carboor, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	101 years	76 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	126 years	73 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Lilydale Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	99 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Wyntoon, AU	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Mount Wellington, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Trangie Research Station AWS, AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Avenel (Post Office), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Dunorlan (Sharmans Road), AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	South Mount Cameron (Gladstone, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2020	Taroona (Taroona Crescent), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2020	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2020	East Sassafras (Elphin Grove), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2020	York Plains (Handroyd), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2020	Dartmouth Reservoir, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2020	Selbourne (Kirnbrae), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2020	Rutherglen Research, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	56 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2020. 2020 had 1,021 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 6 March 2020
Margin	Records
0 to 100	898
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1