Weather Records on 7 October 1948

333 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1948. Highest significance: Quatsino, CA.

Key Facts for 7 October 1948

On 7 October 1948, 333 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 330 daily.
Quatsino set a daily record precipitation of 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 7 October 1948.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

333 stations

333 station records on 7 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Villupuram	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nanjangud	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bijaypur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandal	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sanand	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

333 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 7 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 330.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

261 broken records

Margins by which the 261 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1948

Top 20 records on 7 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1948	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1948	Madakasira, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1948	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1948	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1948	Tipton, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1948	Independence, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	New Hampton, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Pichhore, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Cedar Rapids 2, US	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Gudibanda, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Tiptur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Palmyra, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Lakeside, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Simcoe, CA	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Villupuram, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Darauli, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 October 1948	Beulah, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	25 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

1802 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1948. 1948 had 333 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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 10	227
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2