Weather Records on 8 November 1946

608 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1946. Highest significance: Nellore, IN.

Key Facts for 8 November 1946

On 8 November 1946, 608 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 596 daily.
Nellore set a daily record precipitation of 240.5 mm (9.5 in) on 8 November 1946.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

608 stations

608 station records on 8 November 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	240.5 mm (9.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Heyfield State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alwaye Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nuzvid	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Traralgon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balapur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arkonam	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bapatla	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahoba	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arvi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmaggie (the Laurels)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dutson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

608 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 397, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 8 November 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	397
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 8 November 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

534 broken records

Margins by which the 534 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 November 1946

Top 20 records on 8 November 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1946	Nellore, IN	daily rain	240.5 mm (9.5 in)	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Heyfield State School, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Alwaye Pwd, IN	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Perumpavur, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Stradbroke West (Inglenook), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Betul(Badnur), IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Nuzvid, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Cascade, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Gormandale East, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Mangrulpir, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Cascade, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Traralgon, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	St Augustine, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Balapur, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Arkonam, IN	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1946	Shahpura, IN	monthly rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	44 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

1794 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 608 records.

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

Records on 11-08 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1807	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1818	1
1821	1
1828	1
1835	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	2
1849	2
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	2
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	4
1888	3
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	12
1898	2
1899	9
1900	2
1901	1
1902	6
1903	4
1904	21
1905	11
1906	13
1907	5
1908	15
1909	11
1910	15
1911	10
1912	34
1913	38
1914	20
1915	32
1916	76
1917	102
1918	27
1919	71
1920	38
1921	162
1922	16
1923	155
1924	629
1925	392
1926	108
1927	324
1928	60
1929	137
1930	340
1931	685
1932	412
1933	467
1934	763
1935	266
1936	579
1937	356
1938	819
1939	208
1940	357
1941	513
1942	238
1943	767
1944	561
1945	1,293
1946	608
1947	475
1948	505
1949	331
1950	653
1951	939
1952	316
1953	483
1954	328
1955	448
1956	278
1957	418
1958	231
1959	456
1960	430
1961	246
1962	265
1963	670
1964	368
1965	346
1966	1,701
1967	747
1968	532
1969	579
1970	570
1971	1,239
1972	571
1973	928
1974	593
1975	1,204
1976	1,058
1977	1,429
1978	839
1979	728
1980	1,440
1981	823
1982	591
1983	1,007
1984	864
1985	718
1986	1,702
1987	548
1988	602
1989	811
1990	1,079
1991	3,151
1992	804
1993	842
1994	789
1995	1,168
1996	1,340
1997	897
1998	1,302
1999	1,786
2000	2,194
2001	789
2002	1,050
2003	1,038
2004	888
2005	1,935
2006	1,403
2007	717
2008	809
2009	755
2010	1,167
2011	1,442
2012	814
2013	631
2014	440
2015	930
2016	1,057
2017	478
2018	552
2019	810
2020	2,160
2021	505
2022	1,464
2023	689
2024	1,184
2025	328

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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 100	521
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1