Weather Records on 25 October 1948

169 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 October 1948. Highest significance: Middleboro, US.

Key Facts for 25 October 1948

On 25 October 1948, 169 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 169 daily.
Middleboro set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 25 October 1948.
Across 163 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

169 stations

169 station records on 25 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alandi	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sangamner	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sprague	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Khagaul	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

169 records

Records set or tied on 25 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 25 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 25 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

136 broken records

Margins by which the 136 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 October 1948

Top 20 records on 25 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 October 1948	Middleboro, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1948	Port Lincoln, AU	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1948	Chemnitz, DE	daily high max	20.3 C (68.5 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Mildura Post Office, AU	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	69 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Regensburg, DE	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Attarikhat, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Morden, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Glendive, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Mayville, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Faulkton, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily high max	24.7 C (76.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Cherdyn', RU	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Spot Pond, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1948	Lifjell, NO	daily snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	33 years	20 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

1800 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1948. 1948 had 169 records.

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

Records on 10-25 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1831	1
1834	1
1840	1
1841	1
1845	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	4
1890	11
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	8
1900	3
1901	3
1902	13
1903	4
1904	10
1905	20
1906	18
1907	14
1908	32
1909	19
1910	15
1911	28
1912	18
1913	51
1914	33
1915	50
1916	19
1917	29
1918	36
1919	73
1920	158
1921	47
1922	210
1923	117
1924	122
1925	297
1926	391
1927	358
1928	104
1929	262
1930	260
1931	317
1932	380
1933	433
1934	983
1935	302
1936	205
1937	328
1938	461
1939	934
1940	491
1941	323
1942	383
1943	321
1944	273
1945	437
1946	460
1947	668
1948	169
1949	761
1950	408
1951	493
1952	331
1953	278
1954	687
1955	573
1956	501
1957	907
1958	285
1959	904
1960	439
1961	237
1962	937
1963	1,115
1964	245
1965	529
1966	347
1967	493
1968	376
1969	462
1970	693
1971	996
1972	409
1973	339
1974	470
1975	1,326
1976	832
1977	824
1978	460
1979	720
1980	967
1981	1,200
1982	1,107
1983	484
1984	1,135
1985	595
1986	665
1987	572
1988	594
1989	1,543
1990	554
1991	1,413
1992	1,208
1993	569
1994	610
1995	667
1996	1,016
1997	2,375
1998	903
1999	1,110
2000	1,469
2001	1,338
2002	1,779
2003	1,215
2004	1,107
2005	1,695
2006	1,165
2007	1,289
2008	722
2009	576
2010	1,240
2011	748
2012	1,267
2013	656
2014	945
2015	499
2016	569
2017	737
2018	402
2019	1,000
2020	3,067
2021	1,081
2022	778
2023	1,254
2024	724
2025	505

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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	122
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	3