Weather Records on 16 October 1946

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1946. Highest significance: Atherton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 October 1946

On 16 October 1946, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 394 daily.
Atherton Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 16 October 1946.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 16 October 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yednia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mogul Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manatu	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tamarack	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 16 October 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 October 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 394.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

331 broken records

Margins by which the 331 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1946

Top 20 records on 16 October 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1946	Atherton Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1946	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1946	Kenilworth Township, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1946	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1946	Orange 3, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1946	Cuero, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1946	Rosalia, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1946	Runge, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1946	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	15.7 C (60.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	85 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1946	Yednia, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1946	Kingaroy Prince Street, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1946	Mooloolah Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1946	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1946	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1946	Mapleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1946	Mogul Downs, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1946	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1946	Calliope Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1946	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 October 1946	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	47 years	28 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

1796 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1946. 1946 had 398 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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 25	319
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1