Weather Records on 8 July 1948

410 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1948. Highest significance: Uman, UA.

Key Facts for 8 July 1948

On 8 July 1948, 410 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 230 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 399 daily.
Uman set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 8 July 1948.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

410 stations

410 station records on 8 July 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saharanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Badnera	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parbhani	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orangeburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

410 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 July 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 July 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 399.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 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

8 July 1948

Top 20 records on 8 July 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1948	Uman, UA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Yemmiganur, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Karjat, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Mirajgaon, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Dahiwadi, IN	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Saharanpur, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Yarrabubba, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Barsi, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Osmanabad, IN	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Vladivostok, RU	daily rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Highland Home, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Paulo Afonso, BR	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Campsie, CA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Saluda, US	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1948	Badnera, IN	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1948	Sirur, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1948	Hungund, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1948	Okemah, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1948	Laurel, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	39 years	31 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 410 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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Data for records on 1948-07-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	299
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1