Weather Records on 10 October 1948

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 1948. Highest significance: Gerang Gerung, AU.

Key Facts for 10 October 1948

On 10 October 1948, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 321 daily.
Gerang Gerung set a monthly record daily precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 10 October 1948.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 10 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Watervale (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leliefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parrakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jejuri	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carwarp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetendals Vallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Khandhla	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watchupga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leaghur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Cope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sardhana	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora da Gloria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deoria	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wagant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amroha	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nadda (Zimmerman)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madhepur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ranka	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kowardha	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rankins Pass	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dodson 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 263.

Records on 10 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

298 broken records

Margins by which the 298 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 1948

Top 20 records on 10 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 1948	Gerang Gerung, AU	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Woodside, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Vryburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Warracknabeal (Earlstan), AU	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Watervale (Springvale), AU	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Leliefontein, ZA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Parrakie, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Wilpena Head Station, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Jejuri, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Meilman, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Carwarp, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Bushy Vales, Margate, ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Muzaffarnagar, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Zoetendals Vallei, ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Khandhla, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Watchupga, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Moran India, IN	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Leaghur, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1948	Dimapur, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	37 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 327 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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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	201
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1