Weather Records on 13 October 1948

294 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1948. Highest significance: Coleraine (Tulse Hill), AU.

Key Facts for 13 October 1948

On 13 October 1948, 294 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 287 daily.
Coleraine (Tulse Hill) set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 13 October 1948.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

294 stations

294 station records on 13 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Narsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roorkee	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwar Mayapur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pulivendla	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silab	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nalia	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

294 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 141.

Records on 13 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

239 broken records

Margins by which the 239 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1948

Top 20 records on 13 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1948	Coleraine (Tulse Hill), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1948	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1948	Yerevan, AM	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1948	Bic, CA	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1948	Mandya, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1948	Narsingpur, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1948	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1948	Junnar, IN	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1948	Edmundston, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1948	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1948	Yerevan, AM	daily low max	8.2 C (46.8 F)	8.1 C (14.6 F)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1948	Pointe Au Pere, CA	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1948	Big Sur STN, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1948	La Pocatiere Cda, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1948	Port Said, EG	daily low max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1948	Helwan (Cairo), EG	daily low min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1948	Jath, IN	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1948	Roorkee, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1948	Narsaraopet, IN	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1948	Bhogpur, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	27 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

1793 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 294 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	321

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 October 1948
Margin	Records
0 to 10	188
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2