Weather Records on 4 November 1948

746 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 November 1948. Highest significance: Tulita A, CA.

Key Facts for 4 November 1948

On 4 November 1948, 746 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
456 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 718 daily.
Tulita A set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.8 mm (2.0 in) on 4 November 1948.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

746 stations

746 station records on 4 November 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 November 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	49.8 cm (19.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Perseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mildred	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vijayawada	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nuguru(Venkitapu)	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dharni	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nuzvid	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bapatla	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baudette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

746 records

Records set or tied on 4 November 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 370, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 November 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	370
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 November 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 718.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

601 broken records

Margins by which the 601 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 193.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 November 1948

Top 20 records on 4 November 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 November 1948	Tulita A, CA	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1948	Tulita A, CA	monthly snowfall	49.8 cm (19.6 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 November 1948	Mangalgiri, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	Bidar, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	Perseoni, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	Mildred, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	Hadagalli, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	Vijayawada, IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	Elliston, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	Nuguru(Venkitapu), IN	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	Lead, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 November 1948	Manchester, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1948	Durham, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1948	Harapanahalli, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1948	Nanded, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1948	Mount Hope (Fairview), AU	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1948	Dharni, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	29 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

1803 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1948. 1948 had 746 records.

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

Records on 11-04 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1820	1
1821	2
1825	1
1826	1
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1852	1
1853	1
1857	1
1858	6
1862	3
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	4
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	12
1900	1
1901	6
1902	8
1903	21
1904	7
1905	9
1906	14
1907	34
1908	13
1909	14
1910	43
1911	25
1912	32
1913	19
1914	28
1915	12
1916	76
1917	39
1918	14
1919	72
1920	70
1921	71
1922	119
1923	89
1924	99
1925	197
1926	182
1927	287
1928	220
1929	175
1930	157
1931	248
1932	413
1933	337
1934	516
1935	1,219
1936	1,005
1937	326
1938	725
1939	752
1940	335
1941	315
1942	343
1943	248
1944	333
1945	506
1946	784
1947	583
1948	746
1949	598
1950	667
1951	2,037
1952	376
1953	219
1954	592
1955	354
1956	855
1957	401
1958	286
1959	757
1960	262
1961	669
1962	435
1963	244
1964	510
1965	537
1966	1,041
1967	599
1968	391
1969	516
1970	512
1971	434
1972	613
1973	1,393
1974	686
1975	1,654
1976	596
1977	981
1978	1,158
1979	559
1980	973
1981	645
1982	1,073
1983	1,116
1984	441
1985	844
1986	546
1987	1,049
1988	1,211
1989	663
1990	1,233
1991	4,265
1992	1,241
1993	735
1994	1,808
1995	991
1996	1,242
1997	611
1998	704
1999	796
2000	781
2001	639
2002	1,314
2003	2,177
2004	895
2005	1,212
2006	1,321
2007	747
2008	1,093
2009	511
2010	1,197
2011	1,000
2012	814
2013	541
2014	508
2015	1,249
2016	759
2017	932
2018	355
2019	449
2020	1,448
2021	545
2022	904
2023	667
2024	981
2025	615

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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 25	569
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1