Weather Records on 14 October 1948

292 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1948. Highest significance: Tulita A, CA.

Key Facts for 14 October 1948

On 14 October 1948, 292 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 290 daily.
Tulita A set a daily record snowfall of 40.1 cm (15.8 in) on 14 October 1948.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

292 stations

292 station records on 14 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.1 cm (15.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Viramgam	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morro Do Chapeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sanklespur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Silab	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jammalamadugu	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ekangersarai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sanivarsanthe	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chanchal	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glengarry (West Tamar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mooralla (Woodleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blessington Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khannah	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jesus da Lapa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

292 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 14 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 290.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

226 broken records

Margins by which the 226 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 325.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1948

Top 20 records on 14 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1948	Tulita A, CA	daily snowfall	40.1 cm (15.8 in)	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1948	Proddatur, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1948	Tadoussac, CA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1948	Attur, IN	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1948	Viramgam, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1948	Tulita A, CA	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1948	Alur, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1948	Belur, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1948	Gumri, AM	daily low min	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	8.6 C (15.5 F)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1948	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1948	Jacobina, BR	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1948	Morro Do Chapeu, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1948	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1948	Port Said, EG	daily low max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1948	Dharmsala Lower, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1948	Yerevan, AM	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1948	Sanklespur, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1948	Ootacamund Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1948	Holenarsipur, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1948	Haidargarh, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	29 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 292 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853

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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 50	222
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1