Weather Records on 10 May 1946

455 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1946. Highest significance: Khariar, IN.

Key Facts for 10 May 1946

On 10 May 1946, 455 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 419 daily.
Khariar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.0 mm (4.3 in) on 10 May 1946.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

455 stations

455 station records on 10 May 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Khariar	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldine 6 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marsrakh	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

455 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 160, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 32.

Records on 10 May 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	160
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 May 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 36, daily 419.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

371 broken records

Margins by which the 371 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1946

Top 20 records on 10 May 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1946	Khariar, IN	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1946	Salina, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1946	Olathe 3E, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1946	Ottawa, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1946	Borio, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1946	Godda, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1946	Rayakottah, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1946	Hay Springs, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1946	Green Rvr, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1946	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1946	Bettiah, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1946	Newport, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1946	Columbia Wb City, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1946	Lawrence, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	77 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1946	Gop, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1946	Agua Branca, BR	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1946	Paola, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1946	Dublin 2SE, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1946	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1946	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	monthly low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	30 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

1805 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1946. 1946 had 455 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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	330
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1