Weather Records on 15 February 1946

306 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1946. Highest significance: Mayville, US.

Key Facts for 15 February 1946

On 15 February 1946, 306 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 298 daily.
Mayville set a daily record snow depth of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 15 February 1946.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

306 stations

306 station records on 15 February 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eagles Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boolaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ranken River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pinawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Antigonish	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Antigonish	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinawa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marayur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalvan	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

306 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 15 February 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 15 February 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 298.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

258 broken records

Margins by which the 258 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

15 February 1946

Top 20 records on 15 February 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1946	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Portage la Prairie, CA	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Schreiber, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Eagles Nest, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Mount Hope (Cypress Grove), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Oombulgurri, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	White Cliffs (Wonnaminta), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Amos, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Amos, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Willeroo, AU	monthly rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1946	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1946	Simcoe, CA	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1946	Mount Forest, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1946	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1946	Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1946	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1946	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	4 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 306 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	243
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1