Weather Records on 25 March 1948

274 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1948. Highest significance: Cananeia G4-001, BR.

Key Facts for 25 March 1948

On 25 March 1948, 274 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 264 daily.
Cananeia G4-001 set a daily record precipitation of 150.4 mm (5.9 in) on 25 March 1948.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

274 stations

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

Weather records on 25 March 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berrings	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaudan-In-Turkmen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barchana	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Meridian 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Channel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sub-Nigel (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Appin Church St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paardekopplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Ameri Fork Pwhs	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarmera	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nairibin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

274 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 25 March 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 25 March 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

232 broken records

Margins by which the 232 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 550.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1948

Top 20 records on 25 March 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1948	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	130.4 mm (5.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1948	Balumath, IN	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1948	Beech Creek, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1948	Selbu-Stubbe, NO	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1948	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1948	Pattiway, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1948	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1948	McCall, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	Richfield, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	Glasgow #2, US	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	McCall, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	Berrings, ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	Gaudan-In-Turkmen, TM	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	54 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	Buffelshoek, ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	Iguape, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	Nelsdrift, ZA	monthly rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	Fairmont, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1948	Barchana, IN	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	22 years	27 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

1806 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1948. 1948 had 274 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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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	226
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1