Weather Records on 10 May 1948

491 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1948. Highest significance: Hoorn, NL.

Key Facts for 10 May 1948

On 10 May 1948, 491 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 479 daily.
Hoorn set a daily record precipitation of 38.8 mm (1.5 in) on 10 May 1948.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

491 stations

491 station records on 10 May 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Queen Charlotte City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Sutron	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

491 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 May 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 May 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

398 broken records

Margins by which the 398 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1948

Top 20 records on 10 May 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1948	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Gibson Dam, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Le Roy, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Bonham 3NNE, US	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Gauhati Obsy, IN	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	111.7 mm (4.4 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	East Lansing Exp Farm, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Albion, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Brodhead Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Holland Wtp, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Gainesville, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Elgin Water, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Marengo, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Saguache, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Saibai Island, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Okeene, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Saint Leo, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1948	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	57 years	35 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

1805 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1948. 1948 had 491 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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 25	374
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1