Weather Records on 7 July 1948

404 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 1948. Highest significance: Rahuri, IN.

Key Facts for 7 July 1948

On 7 July 1948, 404 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 381 daily.
Rahuri set a daily record precipitation of 70.4 mm (2.8 in) on 7 July 1948.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

404 stations

404 station records on 7 July 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Athani	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	257.0 mm (10.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lencois	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maibong	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdill Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sanjari	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

404 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 July 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 July 1948 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 381.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

302 broken records

Margins by which the 302 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 1948

Top 20 records on 7 July 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 1948	Rahuri, IN	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Piranhas (Marechal Floriano), BR	monthly rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Nossa Senhora Das Dores, BR	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Athani, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Malvan, IN	daily rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Kasargod, IN	all-time rain	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Faizabad, IN	monthly rain	257.0 mm (10.1 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Philippi, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Sompeta, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	2.4 C (36.3 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Bajandaj, RU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1948	Hosdurg, IN	daily rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1948	Palakonda, IN	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1948	Raquette Lake, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1948	Asheville, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1948	Uccle, BE	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1948	Lencois, BR	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1948	Melfort, CA	all-time high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1948	Bologna, IT	daily low min	12.7 C (54.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	52 years	30 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

1793 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 404 records.

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

Records on 07-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1819	3
1821	1
1825	1
1828	2
1835	1
1845	1
1850	1
1856	2
1857	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	1
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1883	1
1887	4
1889	2
1890	8
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	14
1901	5
1902	13
1903	10
1904	4
1905	11
1906	12
1907	6
1908	26
1909	22
1910	16
1911	67
1912	31
1913	17
1914	49
1915	72
1916	126
1917	120
1918	42
1919	37
1920	42
1921	65
1922	135
1923	166
1924	166
1925	198
1926	135
1927	184
1928	200
1929	122
1930	332
1931	442
1932	315
1933	337
1934	390
1935	311
1936	795
1937	280
1938	268
1939	359
1940	467
1941	334
1942	516
1943	309
1944	411
1945	299
1946	208
1947	532
1948	404
1949	374
1950	431
1951	416
1952	515
1953	623
1954	622
1955	485
1956	1,170
1957	394
1958	749
1959	391
1960	663
1961	318
1962	294
1963	510
1964	549
1965	388
1966	304
1967	430
1968	624
1969	967
1970	391
1971	467
1972	1,155
1973	1,120
1974	652
1975	571
1976	679
1977	828
1978	794
1979	924
1980	848
1981	1,025
1982	795
1983	1,013
1984	1,044
1985	939
1986	770
1987	728
1988	1,251
1989	1,040
1990	781
1991	1,040
1992	938
1993	1,762
1994	1,394
1995	576
1996	1,218
1997	752
1998	1,382
1999	971
2000	823
2001	983
2002	667
2003	664
2004	1,084
2005	949
2006	1,061
2007	1,067
2008	1,174
2009	930
2010	1,411
2011	749
2012	1,423
2013	549
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	577
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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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	300
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1