Weather Records on 14 September 1948

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1948. Highest significance: Pine Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 14 September 1948

On 14 September 1948, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
316 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 493 daily.
Pine Creek set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 14 September 1948.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

504 stations

504 station records on 14 September 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chand	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 256, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 147.

Records on 14 September 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	256
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

427 broken records

Margins by which the 427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1948

Top 20 records on 14 September 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1948	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1948	Simmesport, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1948	Frogmoor, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1948	Chand, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1948	Palani, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1948	Quantambone, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1948	Panki, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1948	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1948	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1948	Reserve, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1948	Murrawombi, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1948	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1948	Surat, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1948	Brewarrina (Talawanta), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1948	Cumberland, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1948	Monticello, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1948	Monghyr, IN	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1948	Schriever, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1948	Haiku 490, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1948	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	30 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

1814 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1948. 1948 had 504 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

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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 20	399
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1