Weather Records on 13 September 1948

472 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1948. Highest significance: Kjahta, RU.

Key Facts for 13 September 1948

On 13 September 1948, 472 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
328 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 459 daily.
Kjahta set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 13 September 1948.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

472 stations

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

Weather records on 13 September 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	215.4 mm (8.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Oaks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hata	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bansdih	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ballia	India	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bishrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arrah Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

472 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 297, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 111.

Records on 13 September 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	297
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 459.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

361 broken records

Margins by which the 361 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 195.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1948

Top 20 records on 13 September 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1948	Kjahta, RU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Gidhour, IN	daily rain	215.4 mm (8.5 in)	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Houma, US	daily rain	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	159.2 mm (6.3 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Paradis 7 S, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Kulithalai, IN	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Amlagora, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Bulgoo, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Daudnagar(Haspur), IN	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Padrauna, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Ulan-Ude, RU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Selonah, IN	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Vanur, IN	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Angellala Downs Homestead, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Schriever, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1948	Cinclare, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	33 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

1793 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 472 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

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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 25	337
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1