Weather Records on 6 March 1990

1,116 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 1990. Highest significance: Ft Collins, US.

Key Facts for 6 March 1990

On 6 March 1990, 1,116 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
414 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,064 daily.
Ft Collins set a monthly record daily precipitation of 88.4 mm (3.5 in) on 6 March 1990.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

1,116 stations

1,116 station records on 6 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Chugwater	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Minersville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Red Feather Lakes 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tacony 13 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lyman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	56.6 cm (22.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whalen Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Denver-Stapleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas Caa AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Upton 13 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Bow	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Phillips	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seminoe Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Denver-Stapleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas Caa AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Feather Lakes 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,116 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 298, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 441, Heaviest daily snowfall 133, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 6 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	298
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	441
Heaviest daily snowfall	133
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 6 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 48, daily 1,064.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

964 broken records

Margins by which the 964 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 1990

Top 20 records on 6 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 1990	Ft Collins, US	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	80 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
6 March 1990	Chugwater, US	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	72 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Ft Collins, US	daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Yoder 5 W, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Chugwater, US	monthly snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Wheatland 4N, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Windsor, US	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Minersville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Echeta 2 NW, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Lenora Coop, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Dull Ctr 1SE, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 March 1990	Red Feather Lakes 2 SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1990	Gothenburg, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1990	Pathfinder Dam, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1990	Tacony 13 SE, US	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1990	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 1990	Cheyenne, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	57 years	57 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1990. 1990 had 1,116 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	929
100 to 200	29
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1