Weather Records on 19 August 1946

427 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1946. Highest significance: Shirpur, IN.

Key Facts for 19 August 1946

On 19 August 1946, 427 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 416 daily.
Shirpur set a daily record precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 19 August 1946.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

427 stations

427 station records on 19 August 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Janjgir	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selsor Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dhrangadhra	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhuj Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wankaner	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	247.1 mm (9.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyan	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Digras	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lonavala	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nasik	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

427 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 192.

Records on 19 August 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 August 1946 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 7, daily 416.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 August 1946

Top 20 records on 19 August 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1946	Shirpur, IN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Angul, IN	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Semej, KZ	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Husum, DE	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Balasinor, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Beauceville, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Ter Apel, NL	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Edalabad, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Gop, IN	daily rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Napoleon, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Bhaunagar, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Janjgir, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Selsor Rch, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Palakonda, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Dhrangadhra, IN	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Pakri, EE	all-time rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1946	Booneville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	37 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

1797 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1946. 1946 had 427 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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	276
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1