Weather Records on 24 September 1946

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1946. Highest significance: Paterson, US.

Key Facts for 24 September 1946

On 24 September 1946, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 421 daily.
Paterson set a daily record precipitation of 67.8 mm (2.7 in) on 24 September 1946.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 24 September 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New River	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 151.

Records on 24 September 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 September 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

314 broken records

Margins by which the 314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1946

Top 20 records on 24 September 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1946	Paterson, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1946	Mission 4 W, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1946	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1946	New River, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1946	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1946	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1946	Golden A, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1946	Wallajah, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1946	Eufaula, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1946	Cedaredge, US	monthly low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1946	Roxbury, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1946	Bedford Hills, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1946	Greenfield Ctr, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1946	Salisbury, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1946	Ft Gaines, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1946	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	75 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1946	Dahiwadi, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1946	Norwalk, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1946	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1946	Bagepalli, IN	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	29 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

1803 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1946. 1946 had 425 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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	250
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	26
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1