Weather Records on 10 August 1948

339 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1948. Highest significance: Winnebago, US.

Key Facts for 10 August 1948

On 10 August 1948, 339 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 328 daily.
Winnebago set an all-time record daily precipitation of 158.0 mm (6.2 in) on 10 August 1948.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

339 stations

339 station records on 10 August 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Badnera	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chomu	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indapur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Badvel	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	289.6 mm (11.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anupgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	240.0 cm (94.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

339 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 August 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 August 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 328.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

262 broken records

Margins by which the 262 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1948

Top 20 records on 10 August 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1948	Winnebago, US	all-time rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	66 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1948	Guhagar, IN	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Ratnagiri, IN	daily rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Frazerpet, IN	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Nevasa, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Malsiras, IN	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Badnera, IN	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Akluj, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Chomu, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	New Ulm 2 SE, US	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Faribault, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Indapur, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Merrill, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Baramati, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Bagepalli, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Jackson 4 NW, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Udipi, IN	daily rain	168.9 mm (6.6 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1948	Hosanagar, IN	daily rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	36 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

1814 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1948. 1948 had 339 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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Data for records on 1948-08-10: 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	260
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1