Weather Records on 7 October 1946

1,128 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1946. Highest significance: Leoti, US.

Key Facts for 7 October 1946

On 7 October 1946, 1,128 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 301 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,106 daily.
Leoti set a daily record precipitation of 66.3 mm (2.6 in) on 7 October 1946.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,128 stations

1,128 station records on 7 October 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kismet Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	296.2 mm (11.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vivian	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Onaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,128 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 223, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 533, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 7 October 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	223
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	533
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 7 October 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 1,106.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

979 broken records

Margins by which the 979 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 188.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1946

Top 20 records on 7 October 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1946	Leoti, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1946	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1946	Ness City, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Liberal, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Scott City, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Beaver City, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Wilsonville, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Highmore, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Cambridge, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Hooker, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Miller, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Greeley, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Kismet Near, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Deerfield Dam, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Colby, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Lakin, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1946	Salida, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 years	52 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

1802 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1946. 1946 had 1,128 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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Data for records on 1946-10-07: 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 25	819
25 to 50	79
50 to 75	32
75 to 100	21
100 to 125	11
125 to 150	6
150 to 175	8
175 to 200	3