Weather Records on 13 January 1946

212 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1946. Highest significance: Luz (Estacao), BR.

Key Facts for 13 January 1946

On 13 January 1946, 212 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 212 daily.
Luz (Estacao) set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 13 January 1946.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

212 stations

212 station records on 13 January 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nonda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Selwyn Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rodeo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pomborneit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hermanas	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Archer Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murgab	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

212 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 13 January 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 13 January 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 212.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

176 broken records

Margins by which the 176 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 219.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1946

Top 20 records on 13 January 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1946	Luz (Estacao), BR	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1946	Brownsville, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1946	Park Rch, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	21.9 cm (8.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1946	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1946	Elderslie, AU	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1946	Bosque del Apache, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1946	Nonda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1946	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1946	Weslaco, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1946	Flying Fish Point, AU	daily rain	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1946	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1946	Bunda Bunda, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1946	Selwyn Wrc, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1946	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1946	Rodeo, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1946	Deming, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1946	Gage, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1946	Pomborneit, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1946	Hermanas, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1946	Dagworth Station, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 212 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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	155
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1