Weather Records on 20 January 1948

422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 January 1948. Highest significance: Jaipur Obsy Sr, IN.

Key Facts for 20 January 1948

On 20 January 1948, 422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 400 daily.
Jaipur Obsy Sr set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 20 January 1948.
Across 157 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

422 stations

422 station records on 20 January 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 January 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jaipur Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ilav	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goela	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garhi	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iguatu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ferozepur City	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalore	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jawaja	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kapadvanj	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon U of S	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	113.0 cm (44.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Terrace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pisangan	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malpura	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Todgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bilara	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

422 records

Records set or tied on 20 January 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 20 January 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 20 January 1948 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 400.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

384 broken records

Margins by which the 384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 January 1948

Top 20 records on 20 January 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 January 1948	Jaipur Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Muktesar, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Plain Dealing, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Ft Stockton 1, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Ilav, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Prince Rupert, CA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Ferozepur Sadar, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Ft Davis, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Goela, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Beawar Nayanagar, IN	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Garhi, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Ketchikan AP, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Jefferson, US	all-time snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Iguatu, BR	daily rain	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Ferozepur City, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Ajmer, IN	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 January 1948	Jalore, IN	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	35 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

1795 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1948. 1948 had 422 records.

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

Records on 01-20 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1804	2
1820	1
1844	1
1850	1
1858	2
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1872	1
1874	4
1875	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	5
1881	4
1885	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	12
1900	15
1901	11
1902	5
1903	4
1904	14
1905	2
1906	25
1907	26
1908	9
1909	30
1910	11
1911	3
1912	7
1913	44
1914	57
1915	153
1916	34
1917	123
1918	71
1919	28
1920	103
1921	45
1922	86
1923	41
1924	298
1925	181
1926	110
1927	381
1928	383
1929	203
1930	540
1931	90
1932	139
1933	441
1934	118
1935	904
1936	602
1937	1,041
1938	219
1939	238
1940	1,147
1941	214
1942	979
1943	1,002
1944	568
1945	302
1946	487
1947	534
1948	422
1949	429
1950	653
1951	958
1952	386
1953	476
1954	791
1955	278
1956	906
1957	349
1958	494
1959	603
1960	329
1961	641
1962	1,162
1963	921
1964	567
1965	283
1966	634
1967	556
1968	1,096
1969	859
1970	1,301
1971	936
1972	823
1973	450
1974	978
1975	688
1976	848
1977	997
1978	1,669
1979	1,158
1980	423
1981	823
1982	958
1983	847
1984	1,957
1985	2,188
1986	1,327
1987	1,063
1988	1,637
1989	955
1990	1,257
1991	562
1992	493
1993	1,327
1994	2,035
1995	1,136
1996	851
1997	658
1998	576
1999	1,368
2000	1,132
2001	667
2002	666
2003	732
2004	451
2005	1,335
2006	1,395
2007	2,143
2008	1,366
2009	738
2010	986
2011	731
2012	848
2013	432
2014	480
2015	413
2016	726
2017	1,370
2018	634
2019	722
2020	498
2021	375
2022	346
2023	778
2024	841
2025	1,599
2026	193

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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	365
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1