Weather Records on 14 July 1948

422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1948. Highest significance: Madrid, US.

Key Facts for 14 July 1948

On 14 July 1948, 422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 414 daily.
Madrid set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 14 July 1948.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

422 stations

422 station records on 14 July 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bulandshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Basti	India	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rumsey Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Souris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Dam 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kistwar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Digri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

422 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 July 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 July 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

343 broken records

Margins by which the 343 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1948

Top 20 records on 14 July 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1948	Madrid, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Parnu, EE	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Savage, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Granville, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Powers Lake 1N, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Bulandshahr, IN	all-time rain	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Brockton, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Basti, IN	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Enisejsk, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Freeland, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Mainpuri, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Godegard, SE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Rumsey Lock 2, US	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Minnedosa, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Pierson, CA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Edmonton 3 W, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Khajwa, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1948	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	38 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

1802 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1948. 1948 had 422 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

Download the Data

Data for records on 1948-07-14: 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 50	334
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1