Weather Records on 11 September 1946

262 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 September 1946. Highest significance: Skara 1, SE.

Key Facts for 11 September 1946

On 11 September 1946, 262 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 257 daily.
Skara 1 set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 11 September 1946.
Across 164 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 425 records.

Record Map

262 stations

262 station records on 11 September 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 September 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olpad	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ilav	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bardoli	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valod	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Katwa	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palitana	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Netarhat	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jafrabad	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gogha	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Channel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kolaras	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rajkanika	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rayagada	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dahej	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

262 records

Records set or tied on 11 September 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 131.

Records on 11 September 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 September 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 257.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

204 broken records

Margins by which the 204 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 September 1946

Top 20 records on 11 September 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 September 1946	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
11 September 1946	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 September 1946	Orebro, SE	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Pichhore, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Krishnanagar, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Pardi, IN	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Olpad, IN	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Jalalpur, IN	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Ilav, IN	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Bardoli, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Valod, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Katwa, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Bhaunagar, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Palitana, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1946	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	30.1 C (86.2 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1946	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1946	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1946	Netarhat, IN	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1946	Jafrabad, IN	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	32 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

1809 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1946. 1946 had 262 records.

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

Records on 09-11 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1814	3
1818	1
1830	1
1836	1
1838	3
1839	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	1
1860	2
1861	1
1863	2
1865	3
1866	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	4
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	15
1903	13
1904	4
1905	5
1906	10
1907	9
1908	20
1909	12
1910	19
1911	9
1912	25
1913	22
1914	52
1915	160
1916	17
1917	88
1918	62
1919	52
1920	158
1921	52
1922	78
1923	44
1924	290
1925	260
1926	137
1927	300
1928	127
1929	206
1930	136
1931	868
1932	210
1933	276
1934	144
1935	410
1936	567
1937	324
1938	288
1939	561
1940	891
1941	210
1942	234
1943	335
1944	446
1945	341
1946	262
1947	611
1948	424
1949	450
1950	462
1951	247
1952	549
1953	392
1954	363
1955	479
1956	539
1957	470
1958	748
1959	488
1960	423
1961	524
1962	480
1963	359
1964	1,195
1965	414
1966	392
1967	478
1968	835
1969	685
1970	474
1971	464
1972	507
1973	612
1974	430
1975	644
1976	920
1977	406
1978	911
1979	596
1980	474
1981	347
1982	862
1983	1,243
1984	888
1985	844
1986	1,221
1987	595
1988	1,019
1989	1,301
1990	840
1991	843
1992	672
1993	809
1994	713
1995	619
1996	1,030
1997	808
1998	1,821
1999	1,073
2000	1,469
2001	826
2002	1,059
2003	1,022
2004	740
2005	1,163
2006	1,132
2007	947
2008	916
2009	774
2010	965
2011	1,051
2012	687
2013	1,207
2014	1,100
2015	683
2016	677
2017	916
2018	763
2019	806
2020	1,235
2021	851
2022	617
2023	1,034
2024	889
2025	917
2026	615

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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	173
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	5