Weather Records on 26 January 1948

596 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1948. Highest significance: La Veta Pass, US.

Key Facts for 26 January 1948

On 26 January 1948, 596 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 258 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 575 daily.
La Veta Pass set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 26 January 1948.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

596 stations

596 station records on 26 January 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Veta Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
La Veta Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chinle	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Erehwon 328	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cascavel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Foxpark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flint	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

596 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 104, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 26 January 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	104
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 26 January 1948 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 17, daily 575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

509 broken records

Margins by which the 509 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1948

Top 20 records on 26 January 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1948	La Veta Pass, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1948	La Veta Pass, US	monthly snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 January 1948	Manassa, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Chinle, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Hana 354, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Kohala 179.1, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Haleakala Rch 432, US	daily rain	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Teresina, BR	all-time rain	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Scott City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Kula Erehwon 328, US	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Jetmore, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Lakin, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Greensburg 2 S, US	all-time low min	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Cascavel, BR	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Lake Moraine, US	daily low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1948	Westcliffe, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	4 years	36 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 596 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

Download the Data

Data for records on 1948-01-26: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 January 1948
Margin	Records
0 to 100	488
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1