Weather Records on 14 February 1948

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 February 1948. Highest significance: Lyonville, AU.

Key Facts for 14 February 1948

On 14 February 1948, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 509 daily.
Lyonville set a daily record precipitation of 64.5 mm (2.5 in) on 14 February 1948.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

522 stations

522 station records on 14 February 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 February 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Mad Rvr St	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aramboly	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seetapal	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterfall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Drummartin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 14 February 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 14 February 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 14 February 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 509.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 February 1948

Top 20 records on 14 February 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 February 1948	Lyonville, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1948	Lake Cargelligo Airport, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Prince Rupert, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Lucan, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Euabalong (Lachlan St), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Sutton, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Springfield Mad Rvr St, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Nelson, CA	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Mansfield 5 W, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Klintonel, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Chippewa Lake, US	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Franklin, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Aramboly, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1948	Hamilton Fairfield, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	43 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 522 records.

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

Records on 02-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	1
1806	1
1825	1
1829	1
1830	1
1836	1
1845	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	8
1858	2
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	1
1898	8
1899	13
1900	1
1901	5
1902	4
1903	8
1904	12
1905	30
1906	3
1907	10
1908	20
1909	17
1910	4
1911	100
1912	11
1913	86
1914	71
1915	55
1916	62
1917	122
1918	41
1919	52
1920	26
1921	46
1922	33
1923	133
1924	108
1925	77
1926	147
1927	131
1928	255
1929	222
1930	167
1931	264
1932	243
1933	189
1934	586
1935	444
1936	929
1937	460
1938	596
1939	354
1940	278
1941	148
1942	491
1943	672
1944	435
1945	407
1946	578
1947	738
1948	522
1949	1,336
1950	595
1951	657
1952	281
1953	180
1954	1,383
1955	515
1956	382
1957	482
1958	644
1959	875
1960	945
1961	352
1962	708
1963	247
1964	176
1965	291
1966	719
1967	580
1968	526
1969	822
1970	578
1971	832
1972	379
1973	486
1974	413
1975	400
1976	511
1977	463
1978	1,158
1979	2,176
1980	681
1981	946
1982	843
1983	934
1984	1,138
1985	727
1986	937
1987	702
1988	511
1989	1,224
1990	2,162
1991	1,076
1992	829
1993	629
1994	742
1995	1,981
1996	1,102
1997	935
1998	1,409
1999	842
2000	1,242
2001	1,063
2002	683
2003	1,040
2004	1,180
2005	915
2006	668
2007	1,825
2008	855
2009	979
2010	1,051
2011	802
2012	747
2013	288
2014	1,445
2015	980
2016	1,286
2017	787
2018	391
2019	749
2020	936
2021	3,053
2022	469
2023	736
2024	647
2025	550
2026	627

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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	423
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1