Weather Records on 24 October 1948

215 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1948. Highest significance: Dublin Phoenix Park, IE.

Key Facts for 24 October 1948

On 24 October 1948, 215 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 215 daily.
Dublin Phoenix Park set a daily record high maximum temperature of 17.8 C (64.0 F) on 24 October 1948.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

215 stations

215 station records on 24 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bardoli	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaira	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vananda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Talent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Araruna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

215 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 31, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 215.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

165 broken records

Margins by which the 165 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1948

Top 20 records on 24 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1948	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1948	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	88 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1948	Grenfell, CA	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Esperance Post Office, AU	daily high min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Russell, CA	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Hyannis, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Devala, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Portal, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Bardoli, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Donnybrook, AU	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Southern Cross, AU	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Qu'appelle, CA	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Kaira, IN	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Surgut, RU	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	48 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	daily high min	5.2 C (41.4 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	48 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	New England, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1948	Pullman Exp STN, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	22 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 215 records.

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

Records on 10-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1840	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	2
1869	2
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	1
1880	7
1881	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	3
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	6
1904	13
1905	22
1906	30
1907	11
1908	26
1909	13
1910	8
1911	23
1912	37
1913	85
1914	12
1915	43
1916	29
1917	145
1918	27
1919	48
1920	273
1921	54
1922	193
1923	169
1924	94
1925	258
1926	268
1927	308
1928	66
1929	200
1930	420
1931	351
1932	334
1933	256
1934	535
1935	343
1936	223
1937	588
1938	686
1939	776
1940	406
1941	304
1942	299
1943	369
1944	313
1945	549
1946	427
1947	427
1948	215
1949	624
1950	314
1951	546
1952	409
1953	244
1954	538
1955	460
1956	581
1957	673
1958	316
1959	885
1960	378
1961	228
1962	346
1963	1,397
1964	469
1965	387
1966	515
1967	273
1968	206
1969	1,115
1970	594
1971	794
1972	464
1973	558
1974	537
1975	2,018
1976	730
1977	469
1978	594
1979	683
1980	826
1981	1,920
1982	838
1983	662
1984	1,000
1985	902
1986	506
1987	674
1988	512
1989	1,182
1990	594
1991	1,380
1992	1,169
1993	602
1994	594
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,400
1998	1,238
1999	1,374
2000	1,514
2001	1,769
2002	2,094
2003	1,934
2004	1,300
2005	973
2006	1,709
2007	1,631
2008	808
2009	870
2010	1,037
2011	658
2012	1,027
2013	497
2014	883
2015	528
2016	622
2017	858
2018	442
2019	761
2020	1,993
2021	588
2022	1,412
2023	682
2024	783
2025	286

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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 5	151
5 to 10	7
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	2