Weather Records on 6 September 1946

426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 September 1946. Highest significance: Chadron 3SW, US.

Key Facts for 6 September 1946

On 6 September 1946, 426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 412 daily.
Chadron 3SW set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 6 September 1946.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

426 stations

426 station records on 6 September 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 September 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Channarayapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coringa(Corinza)	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gokak	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chittoor	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hilliard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tadpatri	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Turigaria (Kaira)	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

426 records

Records set or tied on 6 September 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 250, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 6 September 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 September 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 412.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 September 1946

Top 20 records on 6 September 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 September 1946	Chadron 3SW, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Geneve Observatoire, CH	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Hungund, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Upland 2NE, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Channarayapatna, IN	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Lincoln 1 SE, US	all-time rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Coringa(Corinza), IN	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Atmakur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Chintamani, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Tasgaon, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Superior, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Dindori, IN	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Viroqua, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
6 September 1946	Bhadrachalam, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	39 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

1794 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 426 records.

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

Records on 09-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1802	1
1803	1
1812	1
1814	2
1833	1
1834	1
1841	1
1853	1
1854	1
1861	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	5
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	5
1903	5
1904	6
1905	14
1906	8
1907	14
1908	36
1909	13
1910	28
1911	20
1912	55
1913	21
1914	23
1915	14
1916	16
1917	23
1918	62
1919	106
1920	172
1921	67
1922	114
1923	153
1924	335
1925	290
1926	123
1927	137
1928	252
1929	359
1930	101
1931	324
1932	275
1933	368
1934	462
1935	341
1936	338
1937	237
1938	322
1939	447
1940	170
1941	276
1942	284
1943	831
1944	392
1945	537
1946	426
1947	895
1948	379
1949	525
1950	699
1951	263
1952	350
1953	396
1954	567
1955	493
1956	735
1957	311
1958	489
1959	405
1960	382
1961	317
1962	772
1963	419
1964	393
1965	722
1966	296
1967	878
1968	512
1969	737
1970	910
1971	436
1972	567
1973	866
1974	897
1975	426
1976	915
1977	467
1978	1,273
1979	892
1980	458
1981	542
1982	744
1983	1,965
1984	1,354
1985	1,371
1986	751
1987	735
1988	1,547
1989	544
1990	805
1991	757
1992	1,084
1993	856
1994	622
1995	1,220
1996	934
1997	1,389
1998	1,385
1999	1,048
2000	1,500
2001	631
2002	867
2003	718
2004	956
2005	601
2006	1,104
2007	1,246
2008	1,430
2009	735
2010	1,259
2011	1,684
2012	803
2013	886
2014	588
2015	692
2016	605
2017	838
2018	714
2019	797
2020	1,349
2021	407
2022	1,782
2023	905
2024	1,161
2025	894
2026	846

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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	337
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2