Weather Records on 22 September 1948

345 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1948. Highest significance: Bartow 1SE, US.

Key Facts for 22 September 1948

On 22 September 1948, 345 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 336 daily.
Bartow 1SE set a daily record precipitation of 137.2 mm (5.4 in) on 22 September 1948.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

345 stations

345 station records on 22 September 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karmala	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mudhol	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fogo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Phaltan	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alandi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Athani	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sindgi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

345 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 September 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 September 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 336.

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 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1948

Top 20 records on 22 September 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1948	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Gargoti, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Ratnagiri, IN	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Titusville, US	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Karmala, IN	monthly rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Dharwar, IN	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Buckley 1 NE, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Hanamkonda, IN	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Belle Isle, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Mirajgaon, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Gadhinglaj, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Kolhapur, IN	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Srungavarapukota, IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Khanpur, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1948	Belgaum, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 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 345 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	248
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1