Weather Records on 13 August 1946

599 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1946. Highest significance: Appleton City, US.

Key Facts for 13 August 1946

On 13 August 1946, 599 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 281 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 570 daily.
Appleton City set an all-time record daily precipitation of 232.4 mm (9.1 in) on 13 August 1946.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

599 stations

599 station records on 13 August 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Budhana	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dudinka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Naubatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	38.7 C (101.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pueblo City Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

599 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 213, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 244.

Records on 13 August 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	213
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1946 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 23, daily 570.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

491 broken records

Margins by which the 491 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1946

Top 20 records on 13 August 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1946	Appleton City, US	all-time rain	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	3 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1946	Santaravur, IN	monthly rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1946	Paola, US	monthly rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Kokpekty, KZ	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Faerder Fyr, NO	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Osage City, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Eureka, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Ottawa, US	monthly rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Warsaw 1, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Wamego 4 W, US	all-time rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Osceola 3 NE, US	all-time rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Bedford Hills, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Budhana, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Dudinka, RU	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Garnett 1 E, US	monthly rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Manhattan, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Eskridge, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Ashley, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1946	Bourke Post Office, AU	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 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

1793 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 599 records.

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

Records on 08-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1843	2
1849	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1864	3
1867	3
1868	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	3
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	5
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	9
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	3
1902	23
1903	12
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	3
1908	36
1909	33
1910	9
1911	41
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	32
1916	64
1917	62
1918	68
1919	38
1920	56
1921	34
1922	39
1923	84
1924	168
1925	145
1926	168
1927	113
1928	215
1929	184
1930	490
1931	596
1932	369
1933	291
1934	427
1935	400
1936	705
1937	370
1938	442
1939	276
1940	631
1941	516
1942	388
1943	611
1944	761
1945	355
1946	599
1947	685
1948	346
1949	420
1950	436
1951	373
1952	985
1953	238
1954	781
1955	732
1956	355
1957	432
1958	352
1959	363
1960	460
1961	503
1962	550
1963	583
1964	1,526
1965	734
1966	565
1967	1,091
1968	828
1969	663
1970	390
1971	431
1972	485
1973	452
1974	572
1975	462
1976	693
1977	678
1978	761
1979	1,198
1980	502
1981	534
1982	653
1983	647
1984	597
1985	829
1986	609
1987	1,106
1988	1,363
1989	637
1990	770
1991	845
1992	1,666
1993	993
1994	944
1995	1,910
1996	1,276
1997	1,009
1998	917
1999	1,363
2000	719
2001	861
2002	1,475
2003	1,993
2004	2,040
2005	1,418
2006	1,023
2007	1,243
2008	842
2009	806
2010	1,783
2011	736
2012	969
2013	430
2014	701
2015	653
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	462
2019	653
2020	753
2021	928
2022	799
2023	763
2024	1,061
2025	714
2026	1,097

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Data for records on 1946-08-13: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	458
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1