Weather Records on 15 July 1946

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1946. Highest significance: Uralsk, KZ.

Key Facts for 15 July 1946

On 15 July 1946, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 414 daily.
Uralsk set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 15 July 1946.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

421 stations

421 station records on 15 July 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Northern Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bahragora	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hunterganj	India	Record daily precipitation	246.9 mm (9.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 15 July 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

320 broken records

Margins by which the 320 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1946

Top 20 records on 15 July 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1946	Uralsk, KZ	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Minden, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Concordia ASOS, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Vinga, SE	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Mc Cook, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Fort Vermilion Cda, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Meadows, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Northern Gully, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Deloraine (Athol), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Stratton, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Highlands, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1946	Caron, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 July 1946	Aurangabad, IN	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	33 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

1793 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 421 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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Data for records on 1946-07-15: 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	291
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1