Weather Records on 27 October 1948

160 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1948. Highest significance: Namdalseid, NO.

Key Facts for 27 October 1948

On 27 October 1948, 160 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 154 daily.
Namdalseid set a monthly record snow depth of 20.0 cm (7.9 in) on 27 October 1948.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

160 stations

160 station records on 27 October 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Levy	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Brighton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chinle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Light	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Commodore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arno Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Miltalie (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

160 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 46, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 27 October 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 27 October 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 154.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

120 broken records

Margins by which the 120 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1948

Top 20 records on 27 October 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1948	Namdalseid, NO	monthly snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1948	Stornoway Airport, GB	monthly low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1948	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	22.3 C (72.1 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Port Townsend, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	monthly snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Paisley, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Globe Rs, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Ganca, AZ	daily low min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	52 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Golconda, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Wausau Record Herald, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Kiev, UA	daily high max	19.9 C (67.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	monthly low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Arlington, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Osijek, HR	daily high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	41 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily high max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Redlands, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Santa Paula, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	51 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1948	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	53 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

1802 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1948. 1948 had 160 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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	112
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2