Weather Records on 9 April 1946

335 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1946. Highest significance: Jagnathpur, IN.

Key Facts for 9 April 1946

On 9 April 1946, 335 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 319 daily.
Jagnathpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 69.6 mm (2.7 in) on 9 April 1946.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

335 stations

335 station records on 9 April 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chanchal	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Surubim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belsand	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jamui	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mossoro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jaley	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bahragora	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Azamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

335 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 24.

Records on 9 April 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 April 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 319.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

259 broken records

Margins by which the 259 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1946

Top 20 records on 9 April 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1946	Jagnathpur, IN	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Dumka, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Chanchal, IN	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Surubim, BR	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Belsand, IN	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Digby, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Kishanganj, IN	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Motihari, IN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	16.8 C (62.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Dhanaha, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Sheohar, IN	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1946	Ramnagar Sr, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1946	Purnea, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1946	Luis Gomes, BR	all-time rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1946	Silda Belpahari, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1946	Shillong, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1946	Yuma, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1946	Idaho City, US	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	50 years	32 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

1793 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 335 records.

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

Records on 04-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1800	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	2
1815	1
1818	1
1839	1
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1869	1
1871	2
1873	1
1877	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	8
1903	12
1904	15
1905	21
1906	20
1907	21
1908	28
1909	25
1910	19
1911	21
1912	51
1913	16
1914	41
1915	89
1916	85
1917	105
1918	29
1919	67
1920	56
1921	114
1922	140
1923	79
1924	353
1925	129
1926	83
1927	260
1928	395
1929	402
1930	430
1931	193
1932	119
1933	320
1934	310
1935	398
1936	151
1937	172
1938	378
1939	282
1940	214
1941	297
1942	432
1943	752
1944	564
1945	1,055
1946	335
1947	174
1948	365
1949	179
1950	750
1951	304
1952	578
1953	638
1954	239
1955	484
1956	371
1957	502
1958	294
1959	634
1960	623
1961	879
1962	344
1963	390
1964	645
1965	651
1966	466
1967	743
1968	669
1969	898
1970	489
1971	576
1972	1,200
1973	1,695
1974	972
1975	968
1976	347
1977	1,693
1978	921
1979	855
1980	911
1981	785
1982	1,923
1983	1,170
1984	904
1985	1,424
1986	620
1987	604
1988	737
1989	1,402
1990	888
1991	1,545
1992	641
1993	687
1994	511
1995	1,296
1996	1,547
1997	2,686
1998	1,018
1999	1,848
2000	997
2001	1,947
2002	590
2003	1,781
2004	572
2005	998
2006	603
2007	1,412
2008	1,029
2009	802
2010	652
2011	1,480
2012	640
2013	1,245
2014	592
2015	664
2016	974
2017	759
2018	1,306
2019	716
2020	916
2021	642
2022	574
2023	512
2024	1,093
2025	530
2026	517

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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	224
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1