Weather Records on 22 October 1948

292 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1948. Highest significance: Maristova, NO.

Key Facts for 22 October 1948

On 22 October 1948, 292 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 287 daily.
Maristova set a daily record precipitation of 25.0 mm (1.0 in) on 22 October 1948.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

292 stations

292 station records on 22 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie (the Laurels)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cannanore	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Davangire	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saundatti	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aravakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

292 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 172.

Records on 22 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

255 broken records

Margins by which the 255 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1948

Top 20 records on 22 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1948	Maristova, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1948	Bosbokrand (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1948	Glenmaggie (the Laurels), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1948	Norddal, NO	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1948	Badagara, IN	daily rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1948	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1948	Ko253Lpatti Sr, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1948	Madurai, IN	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1948	Brocken, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1948	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1948	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1948	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1948	Cannanore, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1948	Satara, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1948	Turaiyur, IN	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1948	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1948	Thadikarekonam, IN	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1948	Nabawa, AU	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1948	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1948	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	30 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 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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 20	240
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1