Weather Records on 11 July 1946

275 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 July 1946. Highest significance: Ethel Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 11 July 1946

On 11 July 1946, 275 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 255 daily.
Ethel Creek set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 11 July 1946.
Across 167 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

275 stations

275 station records on 11 July 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 July 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Corunna Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ettrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jigalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Satirist	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kennecott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tambrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chand	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Av-A-Rest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coodingnow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rawlinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talga Talga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

275 records

Records set or tied on 11 July 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 151.

Records on 11 July 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 July 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 255.

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 97.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 July 1946

Top 20 records on 11 July 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 July 1946	Ethel Creek, AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1946	Mulyie, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
11 July 1946	Corunna Downs, AU	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	97.7 mm (3.8 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Nullagine, AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Boodarie, AU	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Coongan Station, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Ettrick, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Bamboo Springs, AU	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Jigalong, AU	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Mt Vernon 3 SW, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	De Grey, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Roebourne, AU	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Mount Satirist, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Brownsville, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Pelee Island, CA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Noreena Downs, AU	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 July 1946	Port Hedland Post Office, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 July 1946	Warralong, AU	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	34 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

1813 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1946. 1946 had 275 records.

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

Records on 07-11 in each year
Year	Records
1813	2
1815	1
1816	1
1821	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	2
1851	2
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	1
1876	3
1878	2
1879	3
1882	2
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	9
1890	5
1891	4
1894	12
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	4
1902	3
1903	7
1904	14
1905	16
1906	17
1907	23
1908	36
1909	16
1910	24
1911	87
1912	21
1913	36
1914	45
1915	21
1916	29
1917	121
1918	18
1919	37
1920	22
1921	179
1922	56
1923	107
1924	100
1925	425
1926	215
1927	106
1928	91
1929	121
1930	572
1931	206
1932	291
1933	705
1934	413
1935	387
1936	1,268
1937	405
1938	244
1939	496
1940	296
1941	517
1942	734
1943	369
1944	702
1945	978
1946	275
1947	388
1948	313
1949	286
1950	619
1951	849
1952	519
1953	554
1954	758
1955	343
1956	534
1957	495
1958	519
1959	523
1960	373
1961	731
1962	536
1963	706
1964	482
1965	406
1966	503
1967	368
1968	482
1969	569
1970	404
1971	547
1972	486
1973	658
1974	858
1975	1,107
1976	734
1977	537
1978	829
1979	519
1980	1,002
1981	663
1982	642
1983	984
1984	1,174
1985	607
1986	691
1987	1,030
1988	973
1989	832
1990	1,010
1991	1,038
1992	926
1993	1,227
1994	839
1995	1,037
1996	1,283
1997	686
1998	1,235
1999	1,175
2000	862
2001	874
2002	1,438
2003	1,033
2004	658
2005	1,105
2006	809
2007	962
2008	759
2009	801
2010	1,210
2011	1,016
2012	1,053
2013	553
2014	540
2015	766
2016	1,035
2017	589
2018	439
2019	606
2020	814
2021	935
2022	581
2023	873
2024	1,064
2025	440
2026	705

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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	12
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1