Weather Records on 6 March 2010

958 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 March 2010. Highest significance: Hay (Corrong), AU.

Key Facts for 6 March 2010

On 6 March 2010, 958 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
218 were record highs and 219 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 935 daily.
Hay (Corrong) set a daily record precipitation of 47.6 mm (1.9 in) on 6 March 2010.
Across 171 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

958 stations

958 station records on 6 March 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 March 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hay (Corrong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Launceston (Distillery Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Glen Park (White Swan Reservoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton (Blampied (Bardia))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersdale 2 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Murray Irrigation)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tahiti-Faaa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorheim I Ryfylke	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Las Truchas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock-on-Loddon (Alexandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sebastopol (Erin Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beckom (Stawell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Horeb (Marathorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belfrayden (North Mayfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn (Hillside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dederang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ims	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

958 records

Records set or tied on 6 March 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 428, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 86.

Records on 6 March 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	428
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	86

Records on 6 March 2010 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 935.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

822 broken records

Margins by which the 822 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 March 2010

Top 20 records on 6 March 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 March 2010	Hay (Corrong), AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	91 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2010	Launceston (Distillery Creek), AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2010	Glen Park (White Swan Reservoi, AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2010	Nagambie (Goulburn Weir), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	60 of 100 (Major)
6 March 2010	Rushworth, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Little Port Walter, US	daily rain	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Millmerran Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Marlinton, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	95 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Launceston (Kings Meadows), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Oaklands General Store, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Smeaton (Blampied (Bardia)), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Meyersdale 2 SSW, US	daily snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Oakey Aero, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Redesdale, AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Confluence 1 SW Dam, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Wakool (Murray Irrigation), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Tahiti-Faaa, PF	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Berrigan Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 March 2010	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	48 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2010. 2010 had 958 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 2010-03-06: 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 2026-10-17 (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	793
100 to 200	22
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1