Weather Records on 8 July 1946

380 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1946. Highest significance: Damra, IN.

Key Facts for 8 July 1946

On 8 July 1946, 380 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 373 daily.
Damra set an all-time record daily precipitation of 354.3 mm (13.9 in) on 8 July 1946.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

380 stations

380 station records on 8 July 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Damra	India	Record daily precipitation	354.3 mm (13.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Etah	India	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shikohabad	India	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manjhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parksville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sialsuk	India	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chhibramau	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Firozabad	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haskote	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aonla	India	Record daily precipitation	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kasganj	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Itahar	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thakurdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

380 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 240.

Records on 8 July 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1946 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 373.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

324 broken records

Margins by which the 324 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1946

Top 20 records on 8 July 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1946	Damra, IN	all-time rain	354.3 mm (13.9 in)	119.3 mm (4.7 in)	16 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1946	Etah, IN	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Shikohabad, IN	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Manjhanpur, IN	daily rain	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Cooya Pooya, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Mahendraganj, IN	monthly rain	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Parksville, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Batesville, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Cascade Locks, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Landsburg, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Sialsuk, IN	daily rain	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Gleichen, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Chhibramau, IN	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Firozabad, IN	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Haskote, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1946	Aonla, IN	all-time rain	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	31 years	35 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

1793 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 380 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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Data for records on 1946-07-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	270
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1