Weather Records on 9 May 1946

278 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1946. Highest significance: Mahackala, RU.

Key Facts for 9 May 1946

On 9 May 1946, 278 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 271 daily.
Mahackala set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 9 May 1946.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

278 stations

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

Weather records on 9 May 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salepur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mulbagal	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pine 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

278 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 9 May 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 May 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 271.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

216 broken records

Margins by which the 216 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1946

Top 20 records on 9 May 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1946	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1946	Bagaha, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1946	Karnaprayag, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1946	Kollegal, IN	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1946	Worland, US	monthly snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1946	Dauphin, CA	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1946	Green Rvr, US	monthly snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1946	Kunigal, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1946	Okhimath, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1946	Salepur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1946	Moccasin Exp STN, US	monthly low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1946	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1946	Artesia 6S, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1946	Mulbagal, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1946	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1946	Melfort, CA	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1946	Baunsi, IN	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1946	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1946	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily high min	11.9 C (53.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 May 1946	Waterbury, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	47 years	24 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 278 records.

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

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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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	195
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1