Weather Records on 26 November 1946

709 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 November 1946. Highest significance: Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 26 November 1946

On 26 November 1946, 709 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
402 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 706 daily.
Richmond C/K (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 26 November 1946.
Across 158 earlier years (1838 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

709 stations

709 station records on 26 November 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 November 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heath Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

709 records

Records set or tied on 26 November 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 November 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 November 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 706.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

599 broken records

Margins by which the 599 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 November 1946

Top 20 records on 26 November 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 November 1946	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 November 1946	Old Koreelah (McPherson), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1946	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1946	Belleville, CA	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1946	Ko253Lpatti Sr, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1946	Malta, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1946	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1946	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 November 1946	White Cliffs, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1946	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1946	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1946	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1946	Fayetteville (Pwc), US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1946	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1946	Vicksburg, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1946	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1946	Springfield, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1946	Yazoo City, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1946	Trenton 2, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 November 1946	Fredonia, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	31 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

1838 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1838 to 1946. 1946 had 709 records.

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

Records on 11-26 in each year
Year	Records
1838	2
1849	3
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	3
1874	5
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	2
1880	4
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	4
1897	2
1898	15
1899	1
1900	3
1901	1
1902	6
1903	20
1904	5
1905	10
1906	15
1907	11
1908	39
1909	26
1910	6
1911	16
1912	18
1913	19
1914	44
1915	19
1916	102
1917	43
1918	36
1919	46
1920	29
1921	119
1922	53
1923	43
1924	62
1925	37
1926	151
1927	354
1928	224
1929	202
1930	255
1931	239
1932	327
1933	216
1934	241
1935	221
1936	277
1937	144
1938	926
1939	176
1940	582
1941	162
1942	314
1943	217
1944	375
1945	145
1946	709
1947	354
1948	379
1949	909
1950	1,417
1951	620
1952	1,715
1953	519
1954	306
1955	617
1956	259
1957	353
1958	894
1959	397
1960	947
1961	574
1962	543
1963	525
1964	563
1965	1,268
1966	565
1967	380
1968	262
1969	335
1970	746
1971	561
1972	682
1973	1,047
1974	439
1975	1,779
1976	613
1977	1,535
1978	966
1979	1,774
1980	837
1981	725
1982	886
1983	1,817
1984	917
1985	2,719
1986	1,129
1987	732
1988	863
1989	685
1990	1,198
1991	711
1992	1,581
1993	2,284
1994	838
1995	859
1996	1,198
1997	953
1998	1,267
1999	922
2000	515
2001	1,102
2002	1,030
2003	448
2004	579
2005	906
2006	1,371
2007	543
2008	853
2009	662
2010	1,277
2011	1,264
2012	336
2013	910
2014	736
2015	710
2016	293
2017	991
2018	574
2019	532
2020	257
2021	569
2022	438
2023	617
2024	561
2025	391

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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 20	551
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1