Weather Records on 19 September 1946

802 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 September 1946. Highest significance: Gnalta, AU.

Key Facts for 19 September 1946

On 19 September 1946, 802 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 746 daily.
Gnalta set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 19 September 1946.
Across 166 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

802 stations

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

Weather records on 19 September 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Umbercollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Mogila)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milguy (Myee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biniguy (Springfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Terry Hie Hie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Omanama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Top Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

802 records

Records set or tied on 19 September 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 520, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 19 September 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	520
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 September 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 55, daily 746.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

715 broken records

Margins by which the 715 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 September 1946

Top 20 records on 19 September 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 September 1946	Gnalta, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1946	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1946	Southport 5 N, US	all-time rain	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 September 1946	Gamalally, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	East Toorale (Toorale Station), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Lyndhurst Post Office, AU	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Franklyn Vale, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Gurley (Glenroy), AU	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Charlton, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	White Cliffs (Purnanga), AU	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Clover Creek, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Gnomery, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Marree (Farina), AU	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Gilgoin, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Copley, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 September 1946	Carawatha, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 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

1805 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1946. 1946 had 802 records.

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

Records on 09-19 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1818	1
1820	1
1825	1
1830	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	3
1851	2
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1877	2
1881	2
1882	4
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	7
1890	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	5
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	17
1902	6
1903	16
1904	9
1905	18
1906	33
1907	9
1908	5
1909	16
1910	16
1911	4
1912	39
1913	200
1914	48
1915	174
1916	38
1917	134
1918	62
1919	52
1920	53
1921	109
1922	81
1923	83
1924	90
1925	356
1926	171
1927	152
1928	211
1929	435
1930	154
1931	400
1932	292
1933	343
1934	171
1935	240
1936	152
1937	331
1938	519
1939	292
1940	459
1941	430
1942	830
1943	540
1944	406
1945	417
1946	802
1947	694
1948	457
1949	303
1950	474
1951	240
1952	545
1953	467
1954	557
1955	578
1956	661
1957	638
1958	354
1959	774
1960	344
1961	445
1962	387
1963	403
1964	350
1965	1,080
1966	529
1967	417
1968	433
1969	493
1970	437
1971	1,127
1972	629
1973	438
1974	637
1975	570
1976	390
1977	719
1978	1,139
1979	727
1980	591
1981	1,462
1982	594
1983	1,630
1984	970
1985	926
1986	737
1987	1,113
1988	973
1989	911
1990	874
1991	2,027
1992	752
1993	885
1994	736
1995	1,096
1996	1,069
1997	1,107
1998	1,039
1999	611
2000	947
2001	1,188
2002	866
2003	1,094
2004	964
2005	814
2006	851
2007	633
2008	647
2009	700
2010	1,414
2011	848
2012	775
2013	578
2014	715
2015	520
2016	999
2017	703
2018	871
2019	584
2020	668
2021	511
2022	666
2023	622
2024	707
2025	554
2026	711

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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	581
20 to 40	108
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3