Weather Records on 14 April 1948

362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 April 1948. Highest significance: Reddersburg (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 14 April 1948

On 14 April 1948, 362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 362 daily.
Reddersburg (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 14 April 1948.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

362 stations

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

Weather records on 14 April 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Excelsior (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caio Prado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Likatlong	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Overdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 180 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keedysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Lock Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

362 records

Records set or tied on 14 April 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 14 April 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 14 April 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 362.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 April 1948

Top 20 records on 14 April 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 April 1948	Reddersburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1948	Excelsior (Mun), ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1948	Groenfontein "Montagu", ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1948	Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1948	Luis Gomes, BR	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1948	Dewetsdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1948	Upper Lake 2 N, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1948	Caio Prado, BR	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1948	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1948	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1948	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1948	Likatlong, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1948	Wastina Hemaruka, CA	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1948	Roxbury, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1948	St Andrews, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1948	Orland, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1948	Nappan Cda, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1948	Gloversville, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1948	Elmira, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1948	Campsie, CA	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	20 years	29 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

1801 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1948. 1948 had 362 records.

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

Records on 04-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1839	1
1842	2
1846	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	5
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1881	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1891	1
1892	5
1893	1
1894	1
1896	7
1897	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	3
1903	18
1904	33
1905	24
1906	15
1907	24
1908	11
1909	45
1910	22
1911	27
1912	29
1913	62
1914	34
1915	18
1916	34
1917	69
1918	28
1919	24
1920	106
1921	43
1922	97
1923	166
1924	143
1925	123
1926	199
1927	295
1928	518
1929	150
1930	308
1931	821
1932	247
1933	507
1934	398
1935	404
1936	539
1937	293
1938	728
1939	797
1940	1,051
1941	1,008
1942	326
1943	942
1944	227
1945	803
1946	212
1947	530
1948	362
1949	402
1950	1,104
1951	434
1952	527
1953	432
1954	997
1955	531
1956	369
1957	518
1958	421
1959	494
1960	306
1961	740
1962	660
1963	525
1964	443
1965	343
1966	362
1967	532
1968	676
1969	344
1970	728
1971	473
1972	1,107
1973	563
1974	722
1975	683
1976	874
1977	821
1978	322
1979	534
1980	1,509
1981	753
1982	711
1983	1,874
1984	398
1985	825
1986	1,422
1987	869
1988	1,011
1989	1,181
1990	1,189
1991	895
1992	817
1993	683
1994	805
1995	635
1996	972
1997	1,600
1998	1,336
1999	1,110
2000	1,177
2001	1,082
2002	1,315
2003	1,802
2004	1,047
2005	593
2006	1,601
2007	1,654
2008	1,097
2009	1,015
2010	739
2011	762
2012	693
2013	912
2014	1,420
2015	704
2016	481
2017	486
2018	1,110
2019	758
2020	1,428
2021	569
2022	1,484
2023	1,106
2024	1,208
2025	870
2026	1,067

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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	310
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1