Weather Records on 14 January 1946

292 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1946. Highest significance: Orillia, CA.

Key Facts for 14 January 1946

On 14 January 1946, 292 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 280 daily.
Orillia set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 14 January 1946.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

292 stations

292 station records on 14 January 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
De Rust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gallinas Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hermanas	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gallinas Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parnass Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermanas	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

292 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 14 January 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 14 January 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1946

Top 20 records on 14 January 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1946	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1946	Clarendon, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 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)
14 January 1946	Crosbyton, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1946	St Ignace, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1946	Oban Station, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1946	De Rust, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1946	Gallinas Rs, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1946	Corona, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1946	Saint Johns, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1946	Clovis, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1946	Hermanas, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1946	Magdalena, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1946	Socorro, US	monthly snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1946	Coleman, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1946	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1946	Gallinas Rs, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1946	Emerson, CA	daily low max	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1946	Chatham, CA	monthly low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1946	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	58 years	29 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 292 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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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 25	209
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	1