Weather Records on 20 August 1946

349 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 1946. Highest significance: Flahult, SE.

Key Facts for 20 August 1946

On 20 August 1946, 349 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 338 daily.
Flahult set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 20 August 1946.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

349 stations

349 station records on 20 August 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 August 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mandvi	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mahudha	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sathawas	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thompson Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waneta	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chopda	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Katangi	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ankleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coodingnow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northampton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pollachi	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Childs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

349 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 134.

Records on 20 August 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 1946 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 338.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

272 broken records

Margins by which the 272 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 1946

Top 20 records on 20 August 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 1946	Flahult, SE	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1946	Chandur Bazar, IN	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1946	Mandvi, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1946	Mahudha, IN	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1946	Nominingue, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1946	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1946	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1946	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	69 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Kon-Kolodez, RU	all-time high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Szeged, HU	all-time high min	27.1 C (80.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Sathawas, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Jhabua, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Kursk, RU	all-time high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Thompson Falls, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Pilot Rock 1 SE, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Waneta, CA	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Narsinghpur, IN	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Vasilevici, BY	daily high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1946	Ridgetown, CA	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	48 years	26 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

1797 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1946. 1946 had 349 records.

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

Records on 08-20 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1807	1
1809	2
1816	1
1830	1
1832	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1858	3
1863	5
1867	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	6
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	12
1902	3
1903	7
1904	30
1905	7
1906	26
1907	15
1908	21
1909	69
1910	7
1911	18
1912	25
1913	23
1914	15
1915	14
1916	74
1917	51
1918	69
1919	25
1920	47
1921	23
1922	52
1923	83
1924	132
1925	193
1926	187
1927	338
1928	101
1929	213
1930	318
1931	214
1932	299
1933	324
1934	376
1935	339
1936	543
1937	537
1938	250
1939	448
1940	695
1941	230
1942	429
1943	436
1944	355
1945	398
1946	349
1947	988
1948	403
1949	431
1950	1,341
1951	824
1952	425
1953	441
1954	476
1955	848
1956	678
1957	342
1958	281
1959	764
1960	465
1961	520
1962	684
1963	577
1964	629
1965	470
1966	1,094
1967	657
1968	862
1969	608
1970	414
1971	585
1972	522
1973	490
1974	565
1975	411
1976	894
1977	860
1978	563
1979	1,009
1980	991
1981	856
1982	620
1983	1,465
1984	696
1985	666
1986	819
1987	564
1988	991
1989	603
1990	1,262
1991	804
1992	1,168
1993	759
1994	719
1995	1,113
1996	900
1997	1,214
1998	802
1999	810
2000	989
2001	909
2002	1,208
2003	1,031
2004	1,333
2005	1,112
2006	851
2007	1,955
2008	1,170
2009	1,414
2010	1,028
2011	987
2012	1,086
2013	545
2014	582
2015	1,075
2016	872
2017	324
2018	657
2019	698
2020	1,051
2021	1,028
2022	1,038
2023	1,479
2024	589
2025	1,134
2026	985

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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 10	240
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1