Weather Records on 8 September 1946

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1946. Highest significance: Imperial, US.

Key Facts for 8 September 1946

On 8 September 1946, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 317 daily.
Imperial set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 8 September 1946.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 8 September 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sukinda	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Athmalik	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kusrangi	India	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamakhyanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saundatti	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sangamner	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Binka	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kurud	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Penugonda	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Springs 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 September 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 317.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1946

Top 20 records on 8 September 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1946	Imperial, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Omsk, RU	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Sukinda, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Purankot, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Angul, IN	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Julesburg, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Athmalik, IN	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Petropavlovsk, KZ	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Tatarsk, RU	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Nargund, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1946	Kusrangi, IN	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1946	Malvan, IN	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1946	Kamakhyanagar, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1946	Waukee, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1946	Coldwater St School, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1946	Norwalk Wwtp, US	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1946	Saundatti, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1946	Huntley Exp STN, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	28 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

1802 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1946. 1946 had 325 records.

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

Records on 09-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1806	1
1813	1
1814	2
1815	2
1833	1
1837	1
1845	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	2
1851	1
1854	1
1855	3
1857	1
1860	3
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1881	3
1883	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	10
1906	14
1907	7
1908	4
1909	7
1910	9
1911	20
1912	62
1913	19
1914	37
1915	32
1916	25
1917	166
1918	31
1919	240
1920	59
1921	299
1922	206
1923	116
1924	138
1925	232
1926	141
1927	177
1928	93
1929	397
1930	156
1931	480
1932	465
1933	728
1934	407
1935	353
1936	535
1937	222
1938	397
1939	547
1940	297
1941	477
1942	375
1943	488
1944	769
1945	423
1946	325
1947	586
1948	340
1949	765
1950	570
1951	389
1952	382
1953	324
1954	309
1955	481
1956	717
1957	427
1958	480
1959	667
1960	678
1961	351
1962	682
1963	378
1964	294
1965	472
1966	351
1967	380
1968	308
1969	556
1970	582
1971	704
1972	523
1973	873
1974	626
1975	564
1976	639
1977	726
1978	1,165
1979	813
1980	739
1981	854
1982	605
1983	1,154
1984	1,123
1985	1,492
1986	1,203
1987	880
1988	856
1989	648
1990	747
1991	806
1992	869
1993	783
1994	704
1995	1,324
1996	609
1997	892
1998	1,331
1999	1,196
2000	981
2001	1,643
2002	1,238
2003	819
2004	1,576
2005	1,015
2006	850
2007	1,112
2008	878
2009	832
2010	1,143
2011	1,554
2012	813
2013	831
2014	515
2015	728
2016	951
2017	978
2018	724
2019	903
2020	1,952
2021	1,080
2022	1,567
2023	1,242
2024	1,336
2025	707
2026	699

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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	188
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	6
60 to 70	1