Weather Records on 20 June 1946

849 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 June 1946. Highest significance: Cooma Lambie Street, AU.

Key Facts for 20 June 1946

On 20 June 1946, 849 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 531 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 844 daily.
Cooma Lambie Street set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 20 June 1946.
Across 158 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

849 stations

849 station records on 20 June 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 June 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwar Mayapur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dahej	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malmalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corrigin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tilba Tilba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Telenning Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Badgebup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jennaberring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berasia	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dahanu	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bandwan	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

849 records

Records set or tied on 20 June 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 293, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 238, Heaviest daily rainfall 261.

Records on 20 June 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	293
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	238
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 June 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 844.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 136.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 June 1946

Top 20 records on 20 June 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 June 1946	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Jashpurnagar, IN	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Kameruka (Kameruka Estate), AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Hardwar Mayapur, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Bhandaria, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	New Braunfels, US	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Pambula Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Mexia, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Quairading, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1946	Saraikela, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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

1800 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1946. 1946 had 849 records.

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

Records on 06-20 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1813	1
1821	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1877	2
1879	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	3
1899	6
1900	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	22
1904	13
1905	14
1906	18
1907	10
1908	30
1909	9
1910	27
1911	27
1912	17
1913	30
1914	53
1915	75
1916	83
1917	96
1918	54
1919	67
1920	40
1921	42
1922	61
1923	263
1924	204
1925	483
1926	228
1927	193
1928	199
1929	137
1930	143
1931	536
1932	182
1933	676
1934	301
1935	337
1936	529
1937	412
1938	326
1939	270
1940	469
1941	200
1942	757
1943	447
1944	315
1945	769
1946	849
1947	387
1948	554
1949	314
1950	328
1951	289
1952	318
1953	998
1954	414
1955	291
1956	484
1957	598
1958	603
1959	504
1960	451
1961	836
1962	173
1963	379
1964	729
1965	463
1966	441
1967	687
1968	559
1969	982
1970	482
1971	395
1972	660
1973	553
1974	743
1975	984
1976	899
1977	453
1978	480
1979	727
1980	922
1981	987
1982	801
1983	724
1984	686
1985	811
1986	732
1987	960
1988	1,222
1989	918
1990	899
1991	1,085
1992	1,049
1993	964
1994	925
1995	1,260
1996	1,123
1997	738
1998	1,627
1999	906
2000	1,328
2001	771
2002	955
2003	843
2004	1,071
2005	1,055
2006	820
2007	1,208
2008	669
2009	1,060
2010	865
2011	1,359
2012	1,045
2013	879
2014	381
2015	637
2016	1,352
2017	1,086
2018	635
2019	693
2020	590
2021	1,161
2022	972
2023	1,265
2024	783
2025	944
2026	757

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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	667
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1