Weather Records on 13 January 1948

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1948. Highest significance: Iffley Station, AU.

Key Facts for 13 January 1948

On 13 January 1948, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 512 daily.
Iffley Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 194.6 mm (7.7 in) on 13 January 1948.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

533 stations

533 station records on 13 January 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware Cy Reedy Poin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cashmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg 7 St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thulimbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 362, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 13 January 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	362
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 13 January 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 512.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1948

Top 20 records on 13 January 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1948	Iffley Station, AU	monthly rain	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 years	66 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1948	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1948	Cottbus, DE	monthly rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 January 1948	Brocken, DE	all-time rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Wittenberg, DE	monthly rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Dover, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Easton, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Potsdam, DE	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Clayton, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	New Canton, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Buckhannon, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Delaware Cy Reedy Poin, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Soltau, DE	monthly rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1948	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	40 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1948. 1948 had 533 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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Data for records on 1948-01-13: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	410
20 to 40	56
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	3