Weather Records on 6 November 1948

1,219 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1948. Highest significance: Cochrane, CA.

Key Facts for 6 November 1948

On 6 November 1948, 1,219 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
591 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 124 monthly and 1,094 daily.
Cochrane set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 6 November 1948.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

1,219 stations

1,219 station records on 6 November 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Island 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rumsey Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burrowye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jamui	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New River	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kusrangi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ner	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kurud	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,219 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 279, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 312, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 567, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 6 November 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	279
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	312
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	567
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 November 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 124, daily 1,094.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,035 broken records

Margins by which the 1,035 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1948

Top 20 records on 6 November 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1948	Cochrane, CA	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1948	Wardha, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Scottsburg, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Rock Island 2 NW, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Markland Dam 39, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Waterloo, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Rumsey Lock 2, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Quebec, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Columbus, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Burrowye, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Portland Downs, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Jamui, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Vickery 2 NW, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1948	Hamilton, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	46 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

1793 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 1,219 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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Data for records on 1948-11-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	754
10 to 20	142
20 to 30	80
30 to 40	34
40 to 50	17
50 to 60	8