Weather Records on 14 April 1946

212 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 April 1946. Highest significance: Lydenburg, ZA.

Key Facts for 14 April 1946

On 14 April 1946, 212 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 204 daily.
Lydenburg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 66.3 mm (2.6 in) on 14 April 1946.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

212 stations

212 station records on 14 April 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 April 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gumma	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kumsi	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Igatpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trimbak	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nayagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhir	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pathardi	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niphad	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hinganghat	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalvan	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Erandol	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tadepalligudem	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indi	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mokhada	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kopargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Henley Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

212 records

Records set or tied on 14 April 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 14 April 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 April 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 204.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

176 broken records

Margins by which the 176 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 April 1946

Top 20 records on 14 April 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 April 1946	Lydenburg, ZA	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1946	Kotagiri, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1946	Nizamabad, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1946	Gumma, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1946	Manassa, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1946	Kumsi, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1946	Igatpuri, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1946	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	73 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1946	Trimbak, IN	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1946	Nayagarh, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1946	Moncton, CA	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1946	Nappan Cda, CA	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1946	Sao Benedito, BR	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1946	Perkins, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1946	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1946	Dimapur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1946	Alur, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1946	Malegaon, IN	monthly rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1946	Urjupinsk, RU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1946	Gadarwara, IN	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 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

1801 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1946. 1946 had 212 records.

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

Records on 04-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1839	1
1842	2
1846	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	5
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1881	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1891	1
1892	5
1893	1
1894	1
1896	7
1897	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	3
1903	18
1904	33
1905	24
1906	15
1907	24
1908	11
1909	45
1910	22
1911	27
1912	29
1913	62
1914	34
1915	18
1916	34
1917	69
1918	28
1919	24
1920	106
1921	43
1922	97
1923	166
1924	143
1925	123
1926	199
1927	295
1928	518
1929	150
1930	308
1931	821
1932	247
1933	507
1934	398
1935	404
1936	539
1937	293
1938	728
1939	797
1940	1,051
1941	1,008
1942	326
1943	942
1944	227
1945	803
1946	212
1947	530
1948	362
1949	402
1950	1,104
1951	434
1952	527
1953	432
1954	997
1955	531
1956	369
1957	518
1958	421
1959	494
1960	306
1961	740
1962	660
1963	525
1964	443
1965	343
1966	362
1967	532
1968	676
1969	344
1970	728
1971	473
1972	1,107
1973	563
1974	722
1975	683
1976	874
1977	821
1978	322
1979	534
1980	1,509
1981	753
1982	711
1983	1,874
1984	398
1985	825
1986	1,422
1987	869
1988	1,011
1989	1,181
1990	1,189
1991	895
1992	817
1993	683
1994	805
1995	635
1996	972
1997	1,600
1998	1,336
1999	1,110
2000	1,177
2001	1,082
2002	1,315
2003	1,802
2004	1,047
2005	593
2006	1,601
2007	1,654
2008	1,097
2009	1,015
2010	739
2011	762
2012	693
2013	912
2014	1,420
2015	704
2016	481
2017	486
2018	1,110
2019	758
2020	1,428
2021	569
2022	1,484
2023	1,106
2024	1,208
2025	870
2026	1,067

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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	164
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1