Weather Records on 12 January 1946

288 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1946. Highest significance: Mill Bay, CA.

Key Facts for 12 January 1946

On 12 January 1946, 288 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 284 daily.
Mill Bay set an all-time record daily snowfall of 96.5 cm (38.0 in) on 12 January 1946.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

288 stations

288 station records on 12 January 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Terrace	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ancho	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Selwyn Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arjuna Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ibiapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Afton Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chudleigh Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hunters STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Datil	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobermorey Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

288 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 12 January 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 12 January 1946 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 284.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

235 broken records

Margins by which the 235 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1946

Top 20 records on 12 January 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1946	Mill Bay, CA	all-time snowfall	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1946	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Ayrshire Downs, AU	all-time rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Terrace, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Mill Bay, CA	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Ancho, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Springerville, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Springerville, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Pinal Rch, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Spring Creek Station, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Selwyn Wrc, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Elderslie, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1946	Greenville 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1946	Lawn Hill, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1946	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1946	Uanda, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1946	Collingwood, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	28 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 288 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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	217
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1