Weather Records on 8 April 1946

337 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1946. Highest significance: Shillong, IN.

Key Facts for 8 April 1946

On 8 April 1946, 337 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 333 daily.
Shillong set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 8 April 1946.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

337 stations

337 station records on 8 April 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gola	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Channarayapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balurghat	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dryden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hilsa	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatampur	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marrawah (State School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barachatti	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarmera	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palandu	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gangarampur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

337 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 April 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 April 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 333.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1946

Top 20 records on 8 April 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1946	Shillong, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1946	Tamar, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1946	Gola, IN	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1946	Upper Shillong, IN	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1946	Suri, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1946	Karlshamn, SE	daily high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Krishnarajnagar, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Channarayapatna, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Balurghat, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Vestervig, DK	daily high min	4.9 C (40.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	69 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Samnanger, NO	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Mundargi, IN	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily high min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Bear Creek, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Dryden, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Palkot, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Vastervik, SE	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high min	3.2 C (37.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	51 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1946	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily high min	4.9 C (40.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	55 years	23 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 337 records.

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

Records on 04-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1809	3
1815	1
1830	1
1837	1
1838	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	5
1865	1
1866	1
1871	3
1877	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	4
1890	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	9
1903	9
1904	7
1905	20
1906	4
1907	20
1908	18
1909	16
1910	20
1911	17
1912	84
1913	8
1914	42
1915	69
1916	100
1917	42
1918	43
1919	82
1920	90
1921	440
1922	117
1923	109
1924	194
1925	184
1926	164
1927	160
1928	450
1929	614
1930	261
1931	447
1932	105
1933	158
1934	190
1935	523
1936	662
1937	129
1938	813
1939	707
1940	254
1941	235
1942	359
1943	534
1944	283
1945	669
1946	337
1947	263
1948	569
1949	206
1950	932
1951	244
1952	562
1953	519
1954	322
1955	306
1956	621
1957	397
1958	360
1959	421
1960	366
1961	623
1962	470
1963	566
1964	814
1965	473
1966	315
1967	568
1968	499
1969	765
1970	399
1971	798
1972	1,636
1973	1,104
1974	559
1975	1,410
1976	383
1977	1,469
1978	822
1979	446
1980	755
1981	736
1982	2,690
1983	1,321
1984	1,041
1985	826
1986	901
1987	783
1988	1,224
1989	1,360
1990	907
1991	1,886
1992	534
1993	706
1994	678
1995	812
1996	1,289
1997	2,009
1998	1,101
1999	1,221
2000	817
2001	1,865
2002	761
2003	1,918
2004	676
2005	976
2006	680
2007	2,681
2008	896
2009	1,027
2010	1,128
2011	1,197
2012	407
2013	711
2014	715
2015	825
2016	924
2017	584
2018	1,745
2019	826
2020	916
2021	742
2022	930
2023	585
2024	1,256
2025	484
2026	407

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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 20	248
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1