Weather Records on 28 September 1948

617 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 September 1948. Highest significance: Cuballing, AU.

Key Facts for 28 September 1948

On 28 September 1948, 617 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 75 monthly and 542 daily.
Cuballing set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 28 September 1948.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

617 stations

617 station records on 28 September 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 September 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cuballing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hartwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dumbleyung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boscabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wonnaminta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bunkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kayballup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roselea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colunio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tinkurrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kukerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chinocup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnaprasad	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eutawville	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nanda Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koorikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dudinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yallingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rushy Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wynrock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haiku 490	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kulyalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Badgebup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Grace Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crooked Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ongerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tambellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

617 records

Records set or tied on 28 September 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 363, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 September 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	363
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 September 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 75, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

519 broken records

Margins by which the 519 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 September 1948

Top 20 records on 28 September 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 September 1948	Cuballing, AU	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1948	Hartwood, AU	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1948	Cape Leeuwin, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Dumbleyung, AU	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	W Pt, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Williams, AU	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Boscabel, AU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Wonnaminta, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Bunkin, AU	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Kayballup, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Roselea, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Colunio, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Tinkurrin, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Kukerin, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Colorado, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Chinocup, AU	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Krishnaprasad, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Eutawville, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Nanda Downs, AU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 September 1948	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	111.7 mm (4.4 in)	5 years	44 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

1794 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1948. 1948 had 617 records.

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

Records on 09-28 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1826	1
1832	1
1849	2
1851	1
1854	2
1855	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	3
1868	1
1869	2
1873	3
1874	3
1877	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	3
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	4
1899	6
1900	9
1901	2
1902	5
1903	19
1904	17
1905	17
1906	37
1907	27
1908	23
1909	16
1910	39
1911	62
1912	32
1913	37
1914	28
1915	57
1916	61
1917	35
1918	55
1919	38
1920	23
1921	39
1922	34
1923	150
1924	139
1925	191
1926	305
1927	194
1928	205
1929	432
1930	116
1931	233
1932	195
1933	459
1934	237
1935	282
1936	502
1937	313
1938	311
1939	552
1940	419
1941	479
1942	1,187
1943	440
1944	367
1945	1,034
1946	347
1947	647
1948	617
1949	359
1950	233
1951	441
1952	366
1953	842
1954	512
1955	409
1956	590
1957	695
1958	509
1959	874
1960	226
1961	385
1962	705
1963	666
1964	723
1965	582
1966	477
1967	978
1968	262
1969	244
1970	932
1971	954
1972	671
1973	886
1974	583
1975	502
1976	900
1977	784
1978	513
1979	915
1980	750
1981	752
1982	1,001
1983	941
1984	1,326
1985	1,189
1986	1,264
1987	825
1988	623
1989	847
1990	414
1991	821
1992	643
1993	627
1994	836
1995	794
1996	1,069
1997	681
1998	1,541
1999	1,533
2000	652
2001	791
2002	743
2003	929
2004	852
2005	1,088
2006	704
2007	837
2008	536
2009	792
2010	1,139
2011	1,025
2012	624
2013	790
2014	878
2015	673
2016	520
2017	755
2018	527
2019	1,388
2020	531
2021	740
2022	727
2023	772
2024	1,364
2025	464
2026	531

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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	466
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1