Weather Records on 4 July 1948

293 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1948. Highest significance: Blue Rapids, US.

Key Facts for 4 July 1948

On 4 July 1948, 293 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 278 daily.
Blue Rapids set a daily record precipitation of 94.7 mm (3.7 in) on 4 July 1948.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

293 stations

293 station records on 4 July 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 July 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phulparas	India	Record daily precipitation	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denison Hwy 60 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springs 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mekliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dobbins Colgate Foreba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bandwan	India	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

293 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 July 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 July 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 278.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

233 broken records

Margins by which the 233 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1948

Top 20 records on 4 July 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1948	Blue Rapids, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1948	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1948	Purnea, IN	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1948	Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1948	Phulparas, IN	all-time rain	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1948	Bongaon, IN	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1948	Limon 10 SSW, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1948	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1948	Asheville, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1948	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1948	Cherdyn', RU	monthly low min	1.5 C (34.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1948	Denison Hwy 60 Brg, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1948	Lowestoft, GB	monthly low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1948	Khajauli, IN	monthly rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1948	Springs 1 SW, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1948	Bettiah, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1948	Mekliganj, IN	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1948	Represa, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1948	Warsaw 2, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1948	Sherman, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	28 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 293 records.

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

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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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 20	211
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1