Weather Records on 15 October 1946

354 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1946. Highest significance: Melrose, AU.

Key Facts for 15 October 1946

On 15 October 1946, 354 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 350 daily.
Melrose set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 15 October 1946.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

354 stations

354 station records on 15 October 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgegong (Kiora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monsildale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nonda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shepherds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wollstonecraft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Earlwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

354 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 October 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 October 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1946

Top 20 records on 15 October 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1946	Melrose, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1946	Cudgegong (Kiora), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1946	Running Stream (Brooklyn), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1946	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1946	Monsildale, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1946	Geurie Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1946	Randwick Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1946	Gumri, AM	monthly rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1946	Hargraves (the Elders), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1946	Nonda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1946	Hargraves (Weeroona), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1946	Birtle, CA	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1946	Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1946	Sofala Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1946	Rylstone (Ilford Rd), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1946	Barry, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1946	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1946	Wirrabara, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1946	Ilford (Warrangunyah), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 October 1946	Sotchi, RU	daily low min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	44 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

1794 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 354 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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	278
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1