Weather Records on 22 January 1948

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 January 1948. Highest significance: Blue Hill Coop, US.

Key Facts for 22 January 1948

On 22 January 1948, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
217 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 549 daily.
Blue Hill Coop set a daily record snow depth of 83.8 cm (33.0 in) on 22 January 1948.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 22 January 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 January 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yeola	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shahpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alandi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 22 January 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 65, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 22 January 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	65
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 22 January 1948 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 549.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 January 1948

Top 20 records on 22 January 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 January 1948	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1948	Deerfield Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1948	Laramie, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1948	Dumont 2 ENE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1948	Yeola, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1948	Khed, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1948	Hardy Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1948	Shahpur, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1948	Dumont 2 ENE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.3 cm (8.8 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1948	Alandi, IN	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1948	Hebgen Dam, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 January 1948	Whitton (Conapaira St), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1948	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1948	Cairo Ezbekiya, EG	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1948	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1948	Sundance, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1948	Helwan (Cairo), EG	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1948	Pathalipam, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1948	Ewing, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 January 1948	Helwan (Cairo), EG	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	32 years	30 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

1795 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1948. 1948 had 565 records.

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

Records on 01-22 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	1
1823	1
1829	2
1838	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	1
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	3
1884	4
1887	1
1888	1
1891	3
1892	5
1893	1
1894	4
1895	5
1896	5
1897	5
1898	6
1899	11
1900	3
1901	3
1902	17
1903	14
1904	12
1905	3
1906	59
1907	16
1908	8
1909	31
1910	67
1911	16
1912	4
1913	16
1914	30
1915	30
1916	48
1917	163
1918	71
1919	27
1920	32
1921	37
1922	27
1923	52
1924	268
1925	208
1926	259
1927	453
1928	84
1929	260
1930	741
1931	138
1932	198
1933	845
1934	372
1935	461
1936	597
1937	888
1938	276
1939	261
1940	599
1941	237
1942	543
1943	1,300
1944	247
1945	129
1946	341
1947	283
1948	565
1949	365
1950	539
1951	255
1952	753
1953	202
1954	621
1955	384
1956	410
1957	789
1958	417
1959	712
1960	443
1961	1,100
1962	733
1963	574
1964	525
1965	476
1966	864
1967	1,041
1968	684
1969	830
1970	1,675
1971	323
1972	524
1973	692
1974	558
1975	469
1976	958
1977	617
1978	819
1979	897
1980	578
1981	1,192
1982	1,941
1983	974
1984	1,220
1985	1,365
1986	523
1987	1,339
1988	1,140
1989	625
1990	830
1991	654
1992	458
1993	1,700
1994	1,054
1995	1,125
1996	698
1997	1,521
1998	591
1999	1,709
2000	1,019
2001	462
2002	1,126
2003	756
2004	605
2005	1,242
2006	924
2007	1,249
2008	795
2009	1,031
2010	1,205
2011	817
2012	659
2013	785
2014	808
2015	605
2016	837
2017	1,197
2018	927
2019	635
2020	510
2021	547
2022	612
2023	630
2024	940
2025	1,485
2026	230

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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 100	466
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1