Weather Records on 24 November 1946

368 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 November 1946. Highest significance: Morokweng (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 24 November 1946

On 24 November 1946, 368 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 365 daily.
Morokweng (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 24 November 1946.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

368 stations

368 station records on 24 November 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 November 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bethesdaweg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbres	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lawton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

368 records

Records set or tied on 24 November 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 November 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 November 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

303 broken records

Margins by which the 303 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 November 1946

Top 20 records on 24 November 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 November 1946	Morokweng (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1946	Park City G.C., US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1946	Superior, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1946	Canon City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1946	Fraser, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1946	Collbran, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1946	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1946	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1946	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1946	Grantsburg, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1946	Halden, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1946	Steamboat Springs, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1946	Bakke, NO	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1946	Castlewood, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1946	Cheesman, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1946	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1946	Rico, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1946	Poplar 2 E, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1946	Belleville, CA	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1946	Bethesdaweg (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 years	29 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

1793 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 368 records.

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

Records on 11-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1812	1
1824	2
1831	1
1836	1
1838	1
1841	1
1846	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	2
1858	3
1863	1
1865	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	6
1892	3
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	12
1903	8
1904	15
1905	17
1906	19
1907	14
1908	53
1909	30
1910	9
1911	47
1912	24
1913	26
1914	64
1915	20
1916	97
1917	110
1918	18
1919	43
1920	21
1921	60
1922	66
1923	164
1924	261
1925	132
1926	107
1927	410
1928	110
1929	226
1930	368
1931	945
1932	186
1933	211
1934	100
1935	221
1936	216
1937	302
1938	778
1939	234
1940	439
1941	166
1942	490
1943	192
1944	418
1945	226
1946	368
1947	745
1948	459
1949	487
1950	1,821
1951	627
1952	762
1953	280
1954	315
1955	621
1956	732
1957	282
1958	650
1959	665
1960	318
1961	660
1962	299
1963	351
1964	330
1965	1,334
1966	840
1967	294
1968	271
1969	284
1970	1,493
1971	836
1972	633
1973	1,513
1974	434
1975	844
1976	412
1977	1,071
1978	703
1979	1,458
1980	1,053
1981	910
1982	1,223
1983	1,370
1984	1,074
1985	2,300
1986	713
1987	781
1988	904
1989	1,005
1990	1,031
1991	928
1992	1,515
1993	2,296
1994	792
1995	956
1996	1,232
1997	489
1998	893
1999	1,202
2000	705
2001	1,808
2002	755
2003	1,166
2004	1,255
2005	1,115
2006	992
2007	1,001
2008	777
2009	889
2010	1,626
2011	1,046
2012	370
2013	1,155
2014	1,016
2015	493
2016	452
2017	1,526
2018	535
2019	323
2020	391
2021	451
2022	378
2023	554
2024	755
2025	453

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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	284
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1