Weather Records on 3 August 1948

414 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 August 1948. Highest significance: Hassan Obsy, IN.

Key Facts for 3 August 1948

On 3 August 1948, 414 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 402 daily.
Hassan Obsy set a daily record precipitation of 59.9 mm (2.4 in) on 3 August 1948.
Across 156 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

414 stations

414 station records on 3 August 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 August 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arkalgud	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arsikere	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madhipura	India	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chand	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	225.6 mm (8.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thuckalay	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koele 693	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jaley	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Puthendam	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katra	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dinapur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pattanamphitta	India	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parsa	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holalkhere	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kamen Kaman	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shorlakode	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kawailoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hassanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Usilampatti	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

414 records

Records set or tied on 3 August 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 August 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 August 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 402.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

354 broken records

Margins by which the 354 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 August 1948

Top 20 records on 3 August 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 August 1948	Hassan Obsy, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Brevard, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Arkalgud, IN	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Attingal, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Morganton, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Kodaikanal, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Hiriyur, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Arsikere, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Gobichettipalaya, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Hickory, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Nawadah, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Madhipura, IN	daily rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Chand, IN	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Charlotte Wb City, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Tryon, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Armstrong, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Haripad, IN	monthly rain	225.6 mm (8.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1948	Nilakottai, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	43 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

1815 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1948. 1948 had 414 records.

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

Records on 08-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1834	2
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1868	1
1872	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	4
1879	3
1880	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1894	1
1895	11
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1902	6
1903	12
1904	6
1905	7
1906	20
1907	31
1908	23
1909	21
1910	14
1911	31
1912	68
1913	21
1914	24
1915	49
1916	55
1917	72
1918	71
1919	34
1920	56
1921	181
1922	33
1923	149
1924	165
1925	99
1926	300
1927	315
1928	332
1929	207
1930	816
1931	313
1932	319
1933	304
1934	434
1935	520
1936	555
1937	350
1938	542
1939	866
1940	292
1941	305
1942	328
1943	521
1944	530
1945	259
1946	316
1947	586
1948	414
1949	415
1950	445
1951	547
1952	326
1953	617
1954	401
1955	713
1956	640
1957	378
1958	389
1959	360
1960	482
1961	620
1962	359
1963	352
1964	891
1965	679
1966	444
1967	327
1968	368
1969	625
1970	394
1971	891
1972	757
1973	724
1974	906
1975	978
1976	892
1977	544
1978	832
1979	486
1980	800
1981	579
1982	778
1983	807
1984	925
1985	691
1986	750
1987	1,105
1988	1,046
1989	824
1990	845
1991	705
1992	869
1993	1,033
1994	973
1995	1,216
1996	965
1997	709
1998	1,406
1999	893
2000	869
2001	1,021
2002	1,000
2003	1,504
2004	980
2005	912
2006	1,514
2007	750
2008	926
2009	746
2010	1,392
2011	1,518
2012	685
2013	535
2014	961
2015	615
2016	640
2017	1,144
2018	1,039
2019	451
2020	708
2021	841
2022	654
2023	1,044
2024	1,401
2025	929
2026	1,242

Download the Data

Data for records on 1948-08-03: 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 20	289
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3