Weather Records on 9 August 1948

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1948. Highest significance: Gysinge, SE.

Key Facts for 9 August 1948

On 9 August 1948, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 426 daily.
Gysinge set a daily record precipitation of 51.7 mm (2.0 in) on 9 August 1948.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

440 stations

440 station records on 9 August 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vivian	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marmarth	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sardarshahar	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lachmangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Touros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bharatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nadhai	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	250.0 cm (98.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 130, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 August 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	130
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 August 1948 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 10, daily 426.

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 650.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1948

Top 20 records on 9 August 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1948	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1948	Tallulah, US	all-time rain	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	6 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 August 1948	Clark, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Faribault, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Lugano, CH	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Vicksburg, US	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Virden, CA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Vivian, US	all-time rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Nandikottur, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	all-time rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Marmarth, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Mohall, US	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Rahuri, IN	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Coondapur, IN	daily rain	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Watford City, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Hennessey 4 ESE, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Waukomis, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	River Falls, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1948	Pierson, CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	39 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

1798 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1948. 1948 had 440 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

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Data for records on 1948-08-09: 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	341
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1