Weather Records on 19 August 1948

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 August 1948. Highest significance: Fowlers Bay, AU.

Key Facts for 19 August 1948

On 19 August 1948, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 361 daily.
Fowlers Bay set a daily record precipitation of 37.3 mm (1.5 in) on 19 August 1948.
Across 168 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 19 August 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 August 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sardhana	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Khandhla	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Khurja	India	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sorab	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ghaziabad	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karnal	India	Record daily precipitation	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meerut Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kairana	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baghpat Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bagodar I	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hansi	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Samrala	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kishangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tauru(Uaoru)	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hassanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Creek 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harpur	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rohtak	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roorkee	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	215.0 cm (84.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 19 August 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 August 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 August 1948 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 7, daily 361.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 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

19 August 1948

Top 20 records on 19 August 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 August 1948	Fowlers Bay, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1948	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 August 1948	Sardhana, IN	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Brocken, DE	daily rain	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Khandhla, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Khurja, IN	daily rain	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Halle, DE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Sorab, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Muzaffarnagar, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Ghaziabad, IN	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Globe Rs, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Karnal, IN	all-time rain	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Nowgong, IN	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Meerut Obsy, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Kairana, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 August 1948	Aliganj, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 August 1948	Baghpat Sr, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1797 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1948. 1948 had 371 records.

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

Records on 08-19 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1800	1
1809	1
1820	1
1830	2
1831	1
1838	2
1844	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	9
1900	5
1901	13
1902	4
1903	6
1904	14
1905	16
1906	37
1907	17
1908	5
1909	24
1910	17
1911	9
1912	18
1913	9
1914	39
1915	34
1916	74
1917	200
1918	33
1919	31
1920	36
1921	22
1922	71
1923	97
1924	174
1925	154
1926	179
1927	343
1928	112
1929	163
1930	182
1931	207
1932	373
1933	328
1934	438
1935	389
1936	679
1937	305
1938	321
1939	432
1940	687
1941	431
1942	308
1943	596
1944	259
1945	427
1946	427
1947	896
1948	371
1949	411
1950	893
1951	362
1952	475
1953	412
1954	576
1955	780
1956	831
1957	325
1958	374
1959	733
1960	864
1961	425
1962	419
1963	570
1964	455
1965	550
1966	1,095
1967	839
1968	948
1969	501
1970	468
1971	376
1972	547
1973	519
1974	466
1975	561
1976	1,144
1977	938
1978	863
1979	1,492
1980	648
1981	1,004
1982	596
1983	1,387
1984	598
1985	713
1986	848
1987	811
1988	982
1989	660
1990	871
1991	656
1992	1,094
1993	771
1994	798
1995	1,542
1996	800
1997	958
1998	717
1999	980
2000	954
2001	1,027
2002	1,389
2003	918
2004	1,310
2005	920
2006	850
2007	1,360
2008	1,186
2009	1,039
2010	1,440
2011	975
2012	1,377
2013	765
2014	701
2015	989
2016	931
2017	439
2018	471
2019	601
2020	1,271
2021	1,366
2022	1,198
2023	910
2024	568
2025	786
2026	755

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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	291
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1