Weather Records on 8 October 1948

344 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 October 1948. Highest significance: Beltana, AU.

Key Facts for 8 October 1948

On 8 October 1948, 344 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 342 daily.
Beltana set a monthly record daily precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 8 October 1948.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

344 stations

344 station records on 8 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ranebennur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sanehighat	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tijara	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Itawah	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ghaziabad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madawaska	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springs 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kharaghoda	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anjar	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

344 records

Records set or tied on 8 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 254.

Records on 8 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 October 1948

Top 20 records on 8 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 October 1948	Beltana, AU	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	70 of 100 (Major)
8 October 1948	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Haliburton A, CA	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Carmichael (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Shiggaon, IN	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Punganur, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Arcadia, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Ogies (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Elandshoek, ZA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Muhammadabad, IN	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	McGregor (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 October 1948	Kriel (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1948	Oorschot, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1948	Ranebennur, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1948	Varanasi, IN	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1948	Swellendam (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 October 1948	Varanasi, IN	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	32 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 344 records.

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

Records on 10-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1812	1
1815	1
1824	2
1829	1
1834	1
1839	2
1843	1
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1873	2
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	6
1889	5
1890	2
1891	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	13
1901	5
1903	6
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	17
1908	27
1909	9
1910	13
1911	14
1912	17
1913	66
1914	27
1915	18
1916	121
1917	47
1918	33
1919	98
1920	104
1921	90
1922	51
1923	127
1924	118
1925	207
1926	162
1927	106
1928	303
1929	75
1930	400
1931	391
1932	283
1933	237
1934	241
1935	427
1936	645
1937	262
1938	331
1939	810
1940	170
1941	587
1942	209
1943	405
1944	191
1945	314
1946	471
1947	311
1948	344
1949	1,198
1950	535
1951	417
1952	1,034
1953	401
1954	521
1955	600
1956	556
1957	473
1958	451
1959	962
1960	316
1961	630
1962	597
1963	363
1964	1,078
1965	449
1966	394
1967	452
1968	405
1969	307
1970	1,672
1971	468
1972	367
1973	770
1974	604
1975	1,034
1976	1,302
1977	818
1978	671
1979	882
1980	758
1981	719
1982	1,184
1983	712
1984	694
1985	1,635
1986	429
1987	1,271
1988	793
1989	641
1990	1,438
1991	915
1992	1,277
1993	946
1994	1,259
1995	703
1996	1,261
1997	2,604
1998	941
1999	1,196
2000	2,916
2001	810
2002	706
2003	1,225
2004	748
2005	1,303
2006	625
2007	1,924
2008	582
2009	1,506
2010	1,062
2011	1,055
2012	943
2013	496
2014	554
2015	682
2016	550
2017	944
2018	1,135
2019	532
2020	1,163
2021	766
2022	572
2023	720
2024	877
2025	585
2026	784

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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	214
10 to 20	60
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1