Weather Records on 7 November 1948

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 November 1948. Highest significance: Zagreb-Gric, HR.

Key Facts for 7 November 1948

On 7 November 1948, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 491 daily.
Zagreb-Gric set a daily record precipitation of 55.8 mm (2.2 in) on 7 November 1948.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 7 November 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 November 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bandwan	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Makapuu Point 724	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nazareth House Farm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bansda	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pakur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wynyard State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 7 November 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 253, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 November 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	253
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 November 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 November 1948

Top 20 records on 7 November 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 November 1948	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 November 1948	Wilkes Barre, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Talegaon D-Dhera, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Bandwan, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Morrisville 6 SW, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Makapuu Point 724, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Bijeraghogarh, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Karanjia, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Cortland, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Rewa, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Raquette Lake, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Wulgulmerang, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Aachen, DE	monthly rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Dannemora, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Wellsboro, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1948	Paraiyahat, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1948	Bankura Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	34 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

1794 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1948. 1948 had 516 records.

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

Records on 11-07 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1834	1
1835	1
1842	1
1845	2
1847	1
1851	1
1852	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	3
1864	3
1868	2
1871	1
1873	1
1876	1
1878	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	5
1891	3
1893	4
1894	1
1895	9
1896	2
1899	14
1900	3
1901	2
1902	9
1903	16
1904	4
1905	4
1906	14
1907	12
1908	18
1909	11
1910	44
1911	19
1912	68
1913	25
1914	35
1915	26
1916	94
1917	34
1918	41
1919	59
1920	18
1921	112
1922	72
1923	90
1924	858
1925	438
1926	79
1927	398
1928	104
1929	104
1930	476
1931	500
1932	320
1933	449
1934	714
1935	302
1936	649
1937	209
1938	1,381
1939	214
1940	198
1941	344
1942	467
1943	550
1944	612
1945	846
1946	471
1947	313
1948	516
1949	554
1950	212
1951	1,356
1952	249
1953	1,170
1954	297
1955	487
1956	295
1957	314
1958	206
1959	1,315
1960	374
1961	347
1962	337
1963	694
1964	277
1965	241
1966	657
1967	780
1968	534
1969	624
1970	483
1971	1,487
1972	565
1973	912
1974	511
1975	1,233
1976	493
1977	1,030
1978	622
1979	513
1980	1,522
1981	616
1982	482
1983	835
1984	460
1985	489
1986	1,198
1987	760
1988	746
1989	980
1990	1,501
1991	3,082
1992	1,084
1993	1,211
1994	910
1995	1,165
1996	2,102
1997	1,053
1998	921
1999	1,535
2000	2,129
2001	1,024
2002	711
2003	1,424
2004	766
2005	1,443
2006	1,556
2007	557
2008	875
2009	798
2010	1,271
2011	1,039
2012	852
2013	809
2014	368
2015	1,676
2016	1,048
2017	848
2018	514
2019	594
2020	1,508
2021	490
2022	1,293
2023	684
2024	1,293
2025	319

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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	388
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1