Weather Records on 7 February 1946

268 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 February 1946. Highest significance: Ettrick, AU.

Key Facts for 7 February 1946

On 7 February 1946, 268 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 253 daily.
Ettrick set a monthly record daily precipitation of 216.7 mm (8.5 in) on 7 February 1946.
Across 162 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

268 stations

268 station records on 7 February 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 February 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ettrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.7 mm (8.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kekaha 944	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gemsbokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.1 C (-40.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nimingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roy Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.5 C (-24.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Talga Talga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marquard - Pol 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Qacha's Nek	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

268 records

Records set or tied on 7 February 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 7 February 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 7 February 1946 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 11, daily 253.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 February 1946

Top 20 records on 7 February 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 February 1946	Ettrick, AU	monthly rain	216.7 mm (8.5 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1946	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Buxton, GB	all-time rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Heerde, NL	monthly rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Coongan Station, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Kekaha 944, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	206.8 mm (8.1 in)	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Mulyie, AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Milan, IT	daily high max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	93 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Warralong, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Homestead 985, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Kiolakaa 7, US	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1946	Whitefish Bay, CA	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	7 years	34 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

1803 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1946. 1946 had 268 records.

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

Records on 02-07 in each year
Year	Records
1803	2
1809	1
1817	1
1822	1
1829	1
1833	1
1838	1
1841	2
1843	1
1846	1
1852	1
1854	4
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1863	4
1865	3
1866	5
1869	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	1
1881	3
1884	1
1885	1
1888	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	18
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	33
1905	7
1906	12
1907	16
1908	9
1909	11
1910	43
1911	57
1912	28
1913	43
1914	53
1915	21
1916	23
1917	116
1918	37
1919	26
1920	100
1921	32
1922	47
1923	43
1924	95
1925	582
1926	186
1927	177
1928	490
1929	467
1930	130
1931	280
1932	244
1933	714
1934	250
1935	208
1936	1,024
1937	424
1938	499
1939	252
1940	225
1941	272
1942	327
1943	424
1944	401
1945	321
1946	268
1947	357
1948	335
1949	408
1950	668
1951	633
1952	213
1953	653
1954	610
1955	587
1956	605
1957	820
1958	277
1959	301
1960	448
1961	748
1962	582
1963	919
1964	523
1965	864
1966	618
1967	878
1968	249
1969	473
1970	562
1971	705
1972	527
1973	819
1974	566
1975	445
1976	716
1977	1,057
1978	2,387
1979	1,848
1980	641
1981	815
1982	1,159
1983	641
1984	877
1985	996
1986	1,038
1987	1,365
1988	1,285
1989	3,136
1990	1,840
1991	1,814
1992	884
1993	994
1994	1,116
1995	1,339
1996	1,469
1997	1,280
1998	841
1999	1,945
2000	419
2001	1,401
2002	727
2003	878
2004	1,077
2005	1,284
2006	699
2007	930
2008	1,313
2009	1,525
2010	927
2011	973
2012	1,174
2013	579
2014	1,588
2015	1,562
2016	544
2017	1,584
2018	687
2019	1,988
2020	923
2021	1,001
2022	319
2023	327
2024	1,116
2025	1,033
2026	586

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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	213
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1