Weather Records on 4 October 1948

449 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1948. Highest significance: Stradbroke West (Inglenook), AU.

Key Facts for 4 October 1948

On 4 October 1948, 449 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 437 daily.
Stradbroke West (Inglenook) set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 4 October 1948.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

449 stations

449 station records on 4 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Traralgon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie (the Laurels)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lakhipur	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wandiwash	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	255.0 mm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boolarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Summit Grd STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

449 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 187.

Records on 4 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 437.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

355 broken records

Margins by which the 355 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1948

Top 20 records on 4 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1948	Stradbroke West (Inglenook), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 October 1948	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Morwell (Mail Centre), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	New Holland, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Dargo, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Mocambo, BR	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Ft Gaines, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Traralgon, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Madison, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Glenmaggie (the Laurels), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Lakhipur, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Ozark 6 NNW, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Olinda, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1948	Dhubri, IN	monthly rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	38 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

1795 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1948. 1948 had 449 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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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	317
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1