Weather Records on 13 October 1946

374 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1946. Highest significance: Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL.

Key Facts for 13 October 1946

On 13 October 1946, 374 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 371 daily.
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn) set a daily record precipitation of 27.2 mm (1.1 in) on 13 October 1946.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

374 stations

374 station records on 13 October 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huxley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morris	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Badarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waurn Ponds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elim (Hosp)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tinamba West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

374 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 October 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 October 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 371.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1946

Top 20 records on 13 October 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1946	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1946	Auburn, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1946	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1946	Sundance, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1946	Middelwater, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1946	Bolivar, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1946	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	23.6 C (74.5 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1946	Olean, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1946	Port Said, EG	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1946	Ranfurly, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1946	Konni, IN	all-time rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1946	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1946	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high max	17.5 C (63.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	69 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1946	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1946	Fogo, CA	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1946	Tweespruit, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1946	Buxton, GB	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	70 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1946	Border 3 N, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1946	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	35.7 C (96.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1946	Minnedosa, CA	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	27 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 374 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	321

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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	276
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1