Weather Records on 6 March 2021

247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 2021. Highest significance: Telina Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 2021

On 6 March 2021, 247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 244 daily.
Telina Downs set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 6 March 2021.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

247 stations

247 station records on 6 March 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Telina Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar	Gibraltar [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nogliki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.8 C (-28.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tindal Raaf	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isla de Pascua	Chile	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wikieup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nouasseur	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seeb Intl	Oman	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	99.9 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Abiquiu Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tagbilaran	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tynda	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.3 C (-35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sura	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Egvekinot	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.6 C (-35.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chichi Jima Bonin Is	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sojna	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gvasjugi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Otaru	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carefree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Keith	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Castlemaine Prison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Qinzhou	China	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Curico	Chile	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Umalta	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ice Harbor Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Warriups	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhny-Chir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chapman Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaustinen Tastula	Finland	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanzil-Kynak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ovre_Soppero	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Padun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kystovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tjuhtet	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Xilin Hot	China	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarendo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

247 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 March 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 March 2021 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 244.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

200 broken records

Margins by which the 200 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 2021

Top 20 records on 6 March 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 2021	Telina Downs, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2021	Gibraltar, GI	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2021	Dimbokro, CI	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2021	Kennewick, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2021	Gold Beach Rs, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2021	Poronajsk, RU	daily low min	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2021	Lichinga, MZ	daily low min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2021	Kenmare 1 WSW, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2021	Onahama, JP	daily high max	20.7 C (69.3 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2021	Cottage Grove 2E, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2021	Nogliki, RU	daily low max	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2021	Pogranichnoe, RU	daily low min	-33.8 C (-28.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2021	Utsunomiya, JP	daily high max	21.4 C (70.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	62 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2021	Tindal Raaf, AU	daily low min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2021	Pogranichnoe, RU	daily low max	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	72 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2021	Isla de Pascua, CL	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2021	Poronajsk, RU	daily low max	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2021	Kellogg, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2021	Miami Intl AP, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 March 2021	Hamamatsu, JP	daily high max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	62 years	27 of 100 (Routine)

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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2021. 2021 had 247 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 2021
Margin	Records
0 to 10	191
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1