Weather Records on 4 March 1946

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1946. Highest significance: Bowen Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 4 March 1946

On 4 March 1946, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
540 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 663 daily.
Bowen Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 139.2 mm (5.5 in) on 4 March 1946.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 4 March 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	365.8 mm (14.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	358.9 mm (14.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	268.2 mm (10.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	249.7 mm (9.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	282.4 mm (11.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bulliwallah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 255, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 4 March 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 4 March 1946 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 663.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

558 broken records

Margins by which the 558 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1650.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1946

Top 20 records on 4 March 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1946	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Finch Hatton Cook St, AU	all-time rain	365.8 mm (14.4 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Strathmore, AU	monthly rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Strathbogie, AU	monthly rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	monthly rain	358.9 mm (14.1 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Two Buttes, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	monthly rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Eton Police Station, AU	monthly rain	268.2 mm (10.6 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Woodhouse, AU	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Avon Downs, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Eugenia, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Conway Station, AU	daily rain	249.7 mm (9.8 in)	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Homestead, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Mirtna, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Eugenia, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1946	Trafalgar Station, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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

1801 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1946. 1946 had 679 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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 250	556
250 to 500	1
500 to 750	0
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	1