Weather Records on 15 February 1948

376 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1948. Highest significance: Iguape, BR.

Key Facts for 15 February 1948

On 15 February 1948, 376 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 366 daily.
Iguape set an all-time record daily precipitation of 237.1 mm (9.3 in) on 15 February 1948.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

376 stations

376 station records on 15 February 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	237.1 mm (9.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Murringo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Toogimbie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	274.0 mm (10.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darbys Falls (Riverslea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheoganj	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenloth East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkola	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar (Errowanbang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quambatook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

376 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 15 February 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 15 February 1948 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 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

15 February 1948

Top 20 records on 15 February 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1948	Iguape, BR	all-time rain	237.1 mm (9.3 in)	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	30 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1948	Murringo Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Canoon, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Hay (Toogimbie), AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Cananeia G4-001, BR	monthly rain	274.0 mm (10.8 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Amsterdam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Darbys Falls (Riverslea), AU	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Tennyson, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Fairlight Station, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Korong Vale (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Frogmore, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Lost River, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Inglewood (Post Office), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Narra Allen, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Balipara(Addibar) Sr, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Corop, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Sheoganj, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Serpentine (East Loddon), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1948	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	39 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 376 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	316
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1