Weather Records on 2 January 1946

157 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1946. Highest significance: Burnerbinmah, AU.

Key Facts for 2 January 1946

On 2 January 1946, 157 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 154 daily.
Burnerbinmah set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 2 January 1946.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

157 stations

157 station records on 2 January 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro II	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Governador Dix-Sept Rosado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo Do Piaui (Marvao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irene Mtn Wauconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Isseka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mellenbye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mumby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naraling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wicka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wondinong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Sir Samuel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ogilvie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tenindewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lawlers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

157 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 2 January 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 2 January 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 154.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

126 broken records

Margins by which the 126 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1946

Top 20 records on 2 January 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1946	Burnerbinmah, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1946	Monsenhor Tabosa, BR	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Thundelarra, AU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Menzies, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Pedro II, BR	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Governador Dix-Sept Rosado, BR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Independencia, BR	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	New Market, ZA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Castelo Do Piaui (Marvao), BR	daily rain	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Klipspruit (Pur), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Rooiberg, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Acude Ipaguassu, BR	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Waterville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1946	Armstrong, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	28 years	20 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 157 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	119
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1