Weather Records on 13 August 1948

346 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1948. Highest significance: Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE.

Key Facts for 13 August 1948

On 13 August 1948, 346 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 335 daily.
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 124.7 mm (4.9 in) on 13 August 1948.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

346 stations

346 station records on 13 August 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenburg-Gorden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simga	India	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jejuri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palitana	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	240.0 cm (94.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kapadvanj	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jhunjhunu	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

346 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 August 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 August 1948 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

283 broken records

Margins by which the 283 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 750.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1948

Top 20 records on 13 August 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1948	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	all-time rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	46 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 August 1948	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1948	Waren, DE	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 August 1948	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Poonampet, IN	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Cottbus, DE	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Brandenburg-Gorden, DE	monthly rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Sherbrooke, CA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Bad Muskau, DE	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Lamar, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Lindenberg, DE	daily rain	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Simao Dias (Anapolis), BR	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	The Pas, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Osijek, HR	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Charlottetown Cda, CA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Wolfville, CA	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Anjangaon, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Ratnagiri, IN	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1948	Kelowna, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 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

1793 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 346 records.

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

Records on 08-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1843	2
1849	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1864	3
1867	3
1868	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	3
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	5
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	9
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	3
1902	23
1903	12
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	3
1908	36
1909	33
1910	9
1911	41
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	32
1916	64
1917	62
1918	68
1919	38
1920	56
1921	34
1922	39
1923	84
1924	168
1925	145
1926	168
1927	113
1928	215
1929	184
1930	490
1931	596
1932	369
1933	291
1934	427
1935	400
1936	705
1937	370
1938	442
1939	276
1940	631
1941	516
1942	388
1943	611
1944	761
1945	355
1946	599
1947	685
1948	346
1949	420
1950	436
1951	373
1952	985
1953	238
1954	781
1955	732
1956	355
1957	432
1958	352
1959	363
1960	460
1961	503
1962	550
1963	583
1964	1,526
1965	734
1966	565
1967	1,091
1968	828
1969	663
1970	390
1971	431
1972	485
1973	452
1974	572
1975	462
1976	693
1977	678
1978	761
1979	1,198
1980	502
1981	534
1982	653
1983	647
1984	597
1985	829
1986	609
1987	1,106
1988	1,363
1989	637
1990	770
1991	845
1992	1,666
1993	993
1994	944
1995	1,910
1996	1,276
1997	1,009
1998	917
1999	1,363
2000	719
2001	861
2002	1,475
2003	1,993
2004	2,040
2005	1,418
2006	1,023
2007	1,243
2008	842
2009	806
2010	1,783
2011	736
2012	969
2013	430
2014	701
2015	653
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	462
2019	653
2020	753
2021	928
2022	799
2023	763
2024	1,061
2025	714
2026	1,097

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	282
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1