Weather Records on 23 July 1948

610 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1948. Highest significance: Antah, IN.

Key Facts for 23 July 1948

On 23 July 1948, 610 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 295 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 599 daily.
Antah set an all-time record daily precipitation of 310.1 mm (12.2 in) on 23 July 1948.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

610 stations

610 station records on 23 July 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Antah	India	Record daily precipitation	310.1 mm (12.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kamen Kaman	India	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bundi	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sohana	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kekri	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kota-In-Rajasthan	India	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fogo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagirikota	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baran	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joyces Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Partabgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chechat	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mathura	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

610 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 182, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 246, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 July 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	182
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 July 1948 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 599.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1948

Top 20 records on 23 July 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1948	Antah, IN	all-time rain	310.1 mm (12.2 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 years	77 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1948	Portales, US	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Sihccajavri, NO	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Pemberton Meadows, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Palm Springs, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Kamen Kaman, IN	daily rain	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Bundi, IN	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Khairagarh, IN	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Tatarsk, RU	all-time high min	22.9 C (73.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Holdenville 2SSE, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Fatehpur Sikri, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	St John's, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Panruti, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Apache, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Sohana, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1948	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 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

1794 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1948. 1948 had 610 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	438
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1