Weather Records on 14 August 1946

511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1946. Highest significance: Amroha, IN.

Key Facts for 14 August 1946

On 14 August 1946, 511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 227 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 500 daily.
Amroha set a daily record precipitation of 128.3 mm (5.1 in) on 14 August 1946.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

511 stations

511 station records on 14 August 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amroha	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Etah	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bijnor	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Girwan Naraini	India	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bidhuna	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owk	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moradabad	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ekangersarai	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatigaon	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mawana	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jarauda	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Etmadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manikpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnaur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Badausa	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bharthana	India	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kashipur	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aonla	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nuguru(Venkitapu)	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baikunthpur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nayagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahoba	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

511 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 155, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 222.

Records on 14 August 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	155
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 500.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

415 broken records

Margins by which the 415 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 156.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1946

Top 20 records on 14 August 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1946	Amroha, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Bah, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Salem, US	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Pollock, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Nagina, IN	daily rain	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Ft Morgan, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Etah, IN	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Ekimchan, RU	daily rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Bijnor, IN	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Karwi, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Mahbubnagar, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Nizamabad, IN	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Girwan Naraini, IN	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Aliganj, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Charkhari, IN	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Cobar Post Office, AU	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Fosston 1 E, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1946	Bidhuna, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1946	Owk, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 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 511 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	355
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1