Weather Records on 26 September 1946

285 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1946. Highest significance: Qu'appelle, CA.

Key Facts for 26 September 1946

On 26 September 1946, 285 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
181 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 280 daily.
Qu'appelle set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 26 September 1946.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

285 stations

285 station records on 26 September 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holalkhere	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Penugonda	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kennecott	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newgate	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mikhailovka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

285 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 26 September 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

216 broken records

Margins by which the 216 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1946

Top 20 records on 26 September 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1946	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1946	Grenfell, CA	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1946	Nogales, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1946	Melton, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1946	Holalkhere, IN	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1946	Grenfell, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1946	Virden, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1946	Penugonda, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1946	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1946	Yellow Grass, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1946	Dauphin, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1946	Kennecott, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1946	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1946	Luling, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1946	Albany, AU	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1946	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1946	Ft Yukon, US	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1946	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1946	Cleburne, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 September 1946	Cordova AP, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	20 years	25 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

1812 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1946. 1946 had 285 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

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Data for records on 1946-09-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	191
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1