Weather Records on 1 January 1948

954 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1948. Highest significance: Atlantic City Marina, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 1948

On 1 January 1948, 954 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 902 daily.
Atlantic City Marina set a daily record precipitation of 64.3 mm (2.5 in) on 1 January 1948.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

954 stations

954 station records on 1 January 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nohar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ratangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarago (Willeroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taranagar (Reni)	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nimarana	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

954 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 572, Heaviest daily snowfall 131, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 1 January 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	572
Heaviest daily snowfall	131
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 1 January 1948 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 48, daily 902.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

864 broken records

Margins by which the 864 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1948

Top 20 records on 1 January 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1948	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1948	Casey, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1948	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1948	Farmington, US	monthly rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1948	Ozark, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Nohar, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Emmett, US	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Fairfield, US	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Birch Tree, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Paris, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Huntington, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Burlington, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Captains Flat (Foxlow St), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Rajgarh, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Elliston, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Greenfield, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1948	Veedersburg, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	51 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

1798 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1948. 1948 had 954 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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Data for records on 1948-01-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	767
50 to 100	62
100 to 150	24
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1