Weather Records on 1 November 1948

415 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 November 1948. Highest significance: Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US.

Key Facts for 1 November 1948

On 1 November 1948, 415 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 398 daily.
Chanute Martin Johnson AP set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 1 November 1948.
Across 157 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

415 stations

415 station records on 1 November 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 November 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thulimbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Gasworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chacon	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parrakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sand Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

415 records

Records set or tied on 1 November 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 November 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 November 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 398.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 November 1948

Top 20 records on 1 November 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 November 1948	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Liberal, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Lamesa 1 SSE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Burrwood Wb, US	monthly rain	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Tallulah, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Canton, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Hooker, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Oakwood 3 SW, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Elkhart, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Thulimbah, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Emmaville Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Des Moines, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Enid, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Dalhart Exp STN, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Glen Innes Gasworks, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Waukomis, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 November 1948	Clinton, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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

1805 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1948. 1948 had 415 records.

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

Records on 11-01 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	7
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	5
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	6
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	3
1901	4
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	16
1906	20
1907	5
1908	11
1909	45
1910	40
1911	54
1912	17
1913	45
1914	46
1915	22
1916	40
1917	43
1918	55
1919	95
1920	62
1921	44
1922	50
1923	172
1924	290
1925	253
1926	150
1927	666
1928	214
1929	306
1930	336
1931	286
1932	387
1933	684
1934	387
1935	882
1936	332
1937	402
1938	601
1939	628
1940	309
1941	417
1942	463
1943	287
1944	513
1945	326
1946	417
1947	588
1948	415
1949	661
1950	1,017
1951	1,317
1952	254
1953	306
1954	610
1955	371
1956	1,280
1957	358
1958	289
1959	322
1960	341
1961	535
1962	285
1963	307
1964	345
1965	520
1966	574
1967	542
1968	592
1969	437
1970	303
1971	801
1972	1,205
1973	589
1974	1,014
1975	494
1976	968
1977	702
1978	878
1979	631
1980	519
1981	824
1982	813
1983	852
1984	1,295
1985	716
1986	634
1987	1,529
1988	1,025
1989	827
1990	1,089
1991	3,261
1992	1,303
1993	2,690
1994	978
1995	1,138
1996	869
1997	1,273
1998	968
1999	1,129
2000	1,339
2001	531
2002	1,697
2003	1,309
2004	1,013
2005	836
2006	756
2007	626
2008	1,252
2009	893
2010	648
2011	781
2012	663
2013	568
2014	1,027
2015	804
2016	953
2017	474
2018	652
2019	1,578
2020	974
2021	361
2022	1,010
2023	949
2024	847
2025	478

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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	317
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2