Weather Records on 15 April 1946

245 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 1946. Highest significance: Chaibasa, IN.

Key Facts for 15 April 1946

On 15 April 1946, 245 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 238 daily.
Chaibasa set a monthly record daily precipitation of 80.3 mm (3.2 in) on 15 April 1946.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

245 stations

245 station records on 15 April 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 April 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sorab	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dundullimal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang (Range Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhipur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balliguda	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Edderton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagamandala	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Council Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Kaluga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bumberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalvan	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

245 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 April 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 April 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 238.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

222 broken records

Margins by which the 222 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 April 1946

Top 20 records on 15 April 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 1946	Chaibasa, IN	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1946	Sorab, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1946	Kings Tablelands, AU	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1946	Tarikere, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1946	Perm, RU	monthly rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1946	Morekulam, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1946	Ashland, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1946	Balasinor, IN	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1946	Dundullimal, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1946	Malsiras, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1946	Bulahdelah Post Office, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1946	Bhawanipatna, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1946	Pimpalgaon, IN	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1946	Pleasanton, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1946	Mercara Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1946	Tufanganj, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1946	Gargoti, IN	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1946	Burrawang (Range Street), AU	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1946	Lakhipur, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1946	Balliguda, IN	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	27 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 245 records.

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

Records on 04-15 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1820	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1862	3
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	8
1893	2
1894	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	2
1902	4
1903	8
1904	39
1905	11
1906	20
1907	18
1908	15
1909	18
1910	16
1911	20
1912	24
1913	39
1914	17
1915	13
1916	15
1917	35
1918	40
1919	22
1920	50
1921	59
1922	94
1923	178
1924	172
1925	168
1926	453
1927	321
1928	631
1929	91
1930	289
1931	388
1932	150
1933	300
1934	339
1935	515
1936	439
1937	277
1938	596
1939	789
1940	581
1941	628
1942	525
1943	1,037
1944	313
1945	783
1946	245
1947	532
1948	306
1949	419
1950	568
1951	504
1952	357
1953	475
1954	896
1955	484
1956	750
1957	378
1958	458
1959	314
1960	319
1961	877
1962	733
1963	714
1964	382
1965	504
1966	464
1967	599
1968	476
1969	555
1970	841
1971	640
1972	896
1973	667
1974	385
1975	780
1976	1,566
1977	649
1978	426
1979	370
1980	1,066
1981	724
1982	955
1983	1,343
1984	612
1985	788
1986	1,140
1987	579
1988	839
1989	836
1990	837
1991	769
1992	783
1993	1,156
1994	835
1995	805
1996	1,173
1997	1,031
1998	1,752
1999	1,249
2000	1,163
2001	1,043
2002	1,866
2003	1,760
2004	761
2005	583
2006	1,637
2007	1,776
2008	1,157
2009	853
2010	804
2011	1,162
2012	1,007
2013	1,146
2014	1,721
2015	739
2016	602
2017	474
2018	1,913
2019	610
2020	1,068
2021	494
2022	1,145
2023	912
2024	1,096
2025	860
2026	1,118

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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 10	160
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1