Weather Records on 14 December 1946

397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1946. Highest significance: Pachora, IN.

Key Facts for 14 December 1946

On 14 December 1946, 397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 387 daily.
Pachora set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.5 mm (2.5 in) on 14 December 1946.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

397 stations

397 station records on 14 December 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Risod	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ner	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Queen Charlotte City	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tikamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murtajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balapur	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhusaval Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crownpoint	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

397 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 17.

Records on 14 December 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 December 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

315 broken records

Margins by which the 315 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1946

Top 20 records on 14 December 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1946	Pachora, IN	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1946	Risod, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1946	Nandgaon, IN	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1946	Ner, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1946	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1946	Christmas Creek, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Berlin, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	58 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Koster (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Copmanhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Dinby, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Queen Charlotte City, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Buffelshoek, ZA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Washim, IN	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Montrose #2, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Vale, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	45 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Vashon Island, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	Limoeiro de Anadia, BR	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1946	High River, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	39 years	24 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

1796 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1946. 1946 had 397 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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	299
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1