Weather Records on 11 February 1946

386 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 February 1946. Highest significance: Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA.

Key Facts for 11 February 1946

On 11 February 1946, 386 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 378 daily.
Heavitree, Estcourt set a daily record precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 11 February 1946.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

386 stations

386 station records on 11 February 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 February 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moroco East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenloth East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cunyu Shearing Shed	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Duchess Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Towan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norway House	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rpf 510 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Selwyn Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coorara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burnley Richmond Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tamarack	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

386 records

Records set or tied on 11 February 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 11 February 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 11 February 1946 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 378.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

342 broken records

Margins by which the 342 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 February 1946

Top 20 records on 11 February 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 February 1946	Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Moroco East, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Clarksville, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Kirklington, ZA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Greensboro, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Glenloth East, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Cunyu Shearing Shed, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	monthly low max	17.1 C (62.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Duchess Hotel, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Towan, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Norway House, CA	monthly low max	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1946	Rpf 510 Mile, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1946	Nyah, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1946	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1946	Lambertina, ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1946	Smithfield, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	33 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

1798 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1946. 1946 had 386 records.

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

Records on 02-11 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1829	4
1845	2
1847	2
1849	1
1862	2
1864	2
1865	1
1869	4
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	7
1886	2
1887	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	19
1900	8
1901	1
1902	6
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	6
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	17
1911	39
1912	29
1913	5
1914	73
1915	16
1916	24
1917	15
1918	27
1919	42
1920	20
1921	60
1922	76
1923	55
1924	97
1925	315
1926	63
1927	40
1928	269
1929	369
1930	191
1931	157
1932	1,420
1933	392
1934	318
1935	326
1936	562
1937	511
1938	524
1939	405
1940	396
1941	251
1942	198
1943	404
1944	371
1945	206
1946	386
1947	417
1948	827
1949	376
1950	280
1951	957
1952	460
1953	521
1954	411
1955	1,072
1956	545
1957	448
1958	611
1959	394
1960	732
1961	951
1962	975
1963	685
1964	421
1965	950
1966	774
1967	314
1968	404
1969	731
1970	657
1971	732
1972	320
1973	851
1974	555
1975	569
1976	965
1977	959
1978	1,263
1979	1,975
1980	711
1981	2,439
1982	1,042
1983	1,087
1984	726
1985	1,124
1986	1,188
1987	810
1988	1,159
1989	754
1990	1,050
1991	539
1992	782
1993	1,146
1994	1,770
1995	970
1996	969
1997	717
1998	1,468
1999	2,266
2000	1,066
2001	809
2002	1,740
2003	587
2004	834
2005	1,121
2006	558
2007	782
2008	916
2009	1,680
2010	1,323
2011	1,430
2012	964
2013	765
2014	1,032
2015	790
2016	997
2017	1,508
2018	792
2019	929
2020	1,012
2021	1,055
2022	568
2023	387
2024	820
2025	1,282
2026	654

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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	334
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1