Weather Records on 2 November 1946

633 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1946. Highest significance: Idaho Springs, US.

Key Facts for 2 November 1946

On 2 November 1946, 633 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 574 daily.
Idaho Springs set a monthly record daily snowfall of 55.9 cm (22.0 in) on 2 November 1946.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

633 stations

633 station records on 2 November 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Queen Charlotte City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aravakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aspen Grove Rch 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crownpoint	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tirukkattupalli	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aspen Grove Rch 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

633 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 November 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 November 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 58, daily 574.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 393.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1946

Top 20 records on 2 November 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1946	Idaho Springs, US	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Idaho Springs, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Edgewater, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Holdenville 2SSE, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Kallatty, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Monument 2 WSW, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	39.3 cm (15.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Weatherford, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Goodland, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Adirampatanam, IN	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Tres Piedras, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Musiri, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Muthupet, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Thathaiengarpet, IN	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Estes Park, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Bee Branch, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1946	Wagoner, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	36 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

1805 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1946. 1946 had 633 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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 50	467
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1