Weather Records on 15 April 1948

306 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 1948. Highest significance: Noorinbee, AU.

Key Facts for 15 April 1948

On 15 April 1948, 306 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
105 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 293 daily.
Noorinbee set a monthly record daily precipitation of 149.4 mm (5.9 in) on 15 April 1948.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

306 stations

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

Weather records on 15 April 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haiku 490	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sousa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bonita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Highcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

306 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 15 April 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 15 April 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

258 broken records

Margins by which the 258 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

15 April 1948

Top 20 records on 15 April 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 1948	Noorinbee, AU	monthly rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1948	Bindi, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Port Orford 2, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Haiku 490, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Delegate Post Office, AU	monthly rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Delegate River, AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Bonang, AU	monthly rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Genoa, AU	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Barduar, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Kapuskasing Cda, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Maytown, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Bendoc Park, AU	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Olinda, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1948	Tombong (Hillcrest), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	33 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 306 records.

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

Records on 04-15 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1820	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1862	3
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	8
1893	2
1894	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	2
1902	4
1903	8
1904	39
1905	11
1906	20
1907	18
1908	15
1909	18
1910	16
1911	20
1912	24
1913	39
1914	17
1915	13
1916	15
1917	35
1918	40
1919	22
1920	50
1921	59
1922	94
1923	178
1924	172
1925	168
1926	453
1927	321
1928	631
1929	91
1930	289
1931	388
1932	150
1933	300
1934	339
1935	515
1936	439
1937	277
1938	596
1939	789
1940	581
1941	628
1942	525
1943	1,037
1944	313
1945	783
1946	245
1947	532
1948	306
1949	419
1950	568
1951	504
1952	357
1953	475
1954	896
1955	484
1956	750
1957	378
1958	458
1959	314
1960	319
1961	877
1962	733
1963	714
1964	382
1965	504
1966	464
1967	599
1968	476
1969	555
1970	841
1971	640
1972	896
1973	667
1974	385
1975	780
1976	1,566
1977	649
1978	426
1979	370
1980	1,066
1981	724
1982	955
1983	1,343
1984	612
1985	788
1986	1,140
1987	579
1988	839
1989	836
1990	837
1991	769
1992	783
1993	1,156
1994	835
1995	805
1996	1,173
1997	1,031
1998	1,752
1999	1,249
2000	1,163
2001	1,043
2002	1,866
2003	1,760
2004	761
2005	583
2006	1,637
2007	1,776
2008	1,157
2009	853
2010	804
2011	1,162
2012	1,007
2013	1,146
2014	1,721
2015	739
2016	602
2017	474
2018	1,913
2019	610
2020	1,068
2021	494
2022	1,145
2023	912
2024	1,096
2025	860
2026	1,118

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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	254
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1