Weather Records on 25 January 1948

708 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1948. Highest significance: Alfred, US.

Key Facts for 25 January 1948

On 25 January 1948, 708 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 687 daily.
Alfred set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 25 January 1948.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

708 stations

708 station records on 25 January 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ner	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.4 cm (16.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kulasekaram	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kottaram	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khairee	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Erehwon 328	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zamenkomst	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

708 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 120, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 25 January 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	120
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 25 January 1948 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 16, daily 687.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

600 broken records

Margins by which the 600 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 297.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1948

Top 20 records on 25 January 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1948	Alfred, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Ner, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Bruning, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Norwich, US	daily snowfall	42.4 cm (16.7 in)	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Makwassie, ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Hana 354, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Idaho Springs, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Talegaon, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Chandur Railway, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Nagpur (Mayo Hospit, IN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Ridgway, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	1.7 cm (0.7 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Akola, IN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Salisbury, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Gainesville, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Stuttgart, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Haskinville, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Arthur City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1948	Graham, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 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

1795 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1948. 1948 had 708 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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Data for records on 1948-01-25: 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	511
50 to 100	57
100 to 150	24
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1