Weather Records on 21 October 1946

297 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1946. Highest significance: Philipstown (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 21 October 1946

On 21 October 1946, 297 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 293 daily.
Philipstown (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 21 October 1946.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

297 stations

297 station records on 21 October 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wolmada	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein 11,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Telpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kareehoek"Kareefontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhipur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mazbat(Majbat)	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Patacharkuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

297 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 21 October 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 October 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

255 broken records

Margins by which the 255 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 174.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1946

Top 20 records on 21 October 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1946	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Tafelberg Hall, ZA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Hofmeyer (Mun), ZA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Hillmoor, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Tylden "Tulden", ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Kapokhoek, ZA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Ventnor, ZA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Wolmada, ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Nalbari, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Esperanza, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	McCall, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Balfour (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Cheviot Fells, ZA	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1946	Kazan, RU	daily low min	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	7.1 C (12.8 F)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1946	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1946	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1946	Grootfontein 11,, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	34 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

1795 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1946. 1946 had 297 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	224
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1