Weather Records on 22 September 1946

288 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1946. Highest significance: Independence, US.

Key Facts for 22 September 1946

On 22 September 1946, 288 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 286 daily.
Independence set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 22 September 1946.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

288 stations

288 station records on 22 September 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quebrangulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dharapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indiana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarral Yarral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

288 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 22 September 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

240 broken records

Margins by which the 240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1946

Top 20 records on 22 September 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1946	Independence, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1946	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1946	Ron, IN	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1946	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1946	Dwingelo, NL	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1946	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1946	Hoorn, NL	monthly rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1946	Gaston Shoals, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1946	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1946	Houma, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1946	Dubuque River, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1946	Lake Charles Chenault, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1946	Stewart, CA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1946	Quebrangulo, BR	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1946	Prince Rupert, CA	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1946	Dharapuram, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1946	Washington, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1946	Masset Airport, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1946	Rosalia, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1946	Huichapan, MX	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	3 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

1793 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 288 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	212
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1