Weather Records on 8 August 1948

543 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1948. Highest significance: Murdo, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 1948

On 8 August 1948, 543 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 338 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 536 daily.
Murdo set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 8 August 1948.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

543 stations

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

Weather records on 8 August 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rath	India	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kudal	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kamasin	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eutawville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amroha	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	260.0 cm (102.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

543 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 206, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 August 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	206
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 August 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 536.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

403 broken records

Margins by which the 403 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 700.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1948

Top 20 records on 8 August 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1948	Murdo, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Rath, IN	daily rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Raichur, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Proserpine Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Vinita 2 N, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Bend, US	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Nellore, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Poteau, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Kudal, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Mau, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Pachwara, IN	all-time rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Kamasin, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Mena, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Eutawville, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Devgad, IN	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Garotha, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1948	Newport, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	50 years	35 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

1793 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 543 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	402
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1