Weather Records on 1 October 1946

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1946. Highest significance: Brockville, CA.

Key Facts for 1 October 1946

On 1 October 1946, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 195 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 451 daily.
Brockville set a monthly record daily snowfall of 29.0 cm (11.4 in) on 1 October 1946.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

486 stations

486 station records on 1 October 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glencliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buhl	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahuadaur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kranshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jiggs 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hajipur	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pasan	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 20.

Records on 1 October 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1946 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 214.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1946

Top 20 records on 1 October 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1946	Brockville, CA	monthly snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	21.4 cm (8.4 in)	12 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1946	Clontarf, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Nashua 2 NNW, US	monthly rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Visalia, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Berlin, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Glencliff, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Golconda, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Belleville, CA	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	The Forks, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Nominingue, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Puri, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Paradise Valley 1 NW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Lemon Cove, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Buhl, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Austin #2, US	all-time rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1946	Manti, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	35 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

1813 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1946. 1946 had 486 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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 50	365
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1