Weather Records on 23 February 1946

346 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1946. Highest significance: Mayville, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 1946

On 23 February 1946, 346 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 341 daily.
Mayville set a daily record snow depth of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 23 February 1946.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 555 records.

Record Map

346 stations

346 station records on 23 February 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itawah	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.4 C (-26.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sand Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deoli	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moth	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaswantpura	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirohi	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kekri	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kotputli	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moga	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bali	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Desuri	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

346 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 23 February 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 23 February 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 341.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1946

Top 20 records on 23 February 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1946	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Coonamble (Nardoo), AU	all-time rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Coonamble (Wingadee), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Panban, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Curlewis Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Bellata Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Indargarh, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Terrick Terrick Stud, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Steveston, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Brewon, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Bironkhol, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Angledool (Angledool Station), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	New Angledool Telephone Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Itawah, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1946	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1946	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1946	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1946	Belah Park, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	28 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 346 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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 100	287
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1