Weather Records on 21 June 1946

386 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 1946. Highest significance: Olekminsk, RU.

Key Facts for 21 June 1946

On 21 June 1946, 386 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 378 daily.
Olekminsk set a monthly record daily precipitation of 36.2 mm (1.4 in) on 21 June 1946.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

386 stations

386 station records on 21 June 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vagra	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muscle Creek (Clendinning)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Songadh	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olpad	India	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bilara	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St.Clair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rouchel Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Broach	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barachatti	India	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Satgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dharamjaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

386 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 176.

Records on 21 June 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 378.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

307 broken records

Margins by which the 307 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 1946

Top 20 records on 21 June 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 1946	Olekminsk, RU	monthly rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Epping Chester Street, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Honomanu 450, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Sion 2, CH	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Bhandaria, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Jasdan, IN	all-time rain	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Aberdeen (Main Rd), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Marion 1 N, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Sedgefield (Bundajon), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Vagra, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Muscle Creek (Clendinning), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1946	Songadh, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1946	Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1946	Crown St. Reservoir, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1946	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1946	Kosciusko, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1946	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 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

1802 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1946. 1946 had 386 records.

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

Records on 06-21 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	2
1805	1
1814	1
1821	3
1828	1
1831	1
1839	2
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	3
1865	1
1868	1
1869	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1895	6
1896	3
1897	3
1898	6
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	20
1903	15
1904	7
1905	14
1906	19
1907	15
1908	20
1909	19
1910	36
1911	12
1912	14
1913	34
1914	24
1915	40
1916	80
1917	97
1918	77
1919	32
1920	42
1921	85
1922	43
1923	229
1924	124
1925	333
1926	162
1927	146
1928	139
1929	84
1930	177
1931	340
1932	180
1933	645
1934	223
1935	247
1936	642
1937	475
1938	396
1939	250
1940	674
1941	401
1942	340
1943	439
1944	426
1945	709
1946	386
1947	637
1948	392
1949	391
1950	329
1951	347
1952	502
1953	761
1954	501
1955	271
1956	534
1957	932
1958	627
1959	356
1960	471
1961	956
1962	176
1963	667
1964	458
1965	400
1966	467
1967	789
1968	654
1969	687
1970	614
1971	394
1972	934
1973	683
1974	598
1975	996
1976	746
1977	476
1978	368
1979	857
1980	677
1981	889
1982	658
1983	752
1984	913
1985	516
1986	601
1987	940
1988	1,834
1989	856
1990	847
1991	1,067
1992	1,679
1993	939
1994	777
1995	978
1996	1,075
1997	1,037
1998	1,746
1999	994
2000	1,212
2001	658
2002	828
2003	1,034
2004	697
2005	1,090
2006	774
2007	1,085
2008	580
2009	1,060
2010	852
2011	1,340
2012	1,151
2013	571
2014	434
2015	707
2016	877
2017	954
2018	577
2019	969
2020	519
2021	1,132
2022	774
2023	987
2024	679
2025	1,536
2026	736

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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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	271
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1