Weather Records on 13 November 1948

171 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1948. Highest significance: Waramain, IN.

Key Facts for 13 November 1948

On 13 November 1948, 171 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 165 daily.
Waramain set a monthly record daily precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 13 November 1948.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

171 stations

171 station records on 13 November 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 November 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waramain	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grimes Pass 6 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ahiri	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gandai	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bemetara	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pathardi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sanjari	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gondia	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalkasa	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malkangiri	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

171 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 13 November 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 13 November 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 165.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

140 broken records

Margins by which the 140 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 November 1948

Top 20 records on 13 November 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1948	Waramain, IN	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1948	Bathurst, CA	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1948	Baloda Bazar, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1948	Denman Island, CA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Biscotasing, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Grimes Pass 6 S, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	59 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Belgaum, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Ahiri, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Stillwater, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Gavle, SE	daily low min	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	65 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	McAdam, CA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Gandai, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Roldal, NO	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	George W 2 SSW, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Sheffield, GB	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1948	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily low min	3.1 C (37.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	40 years	22 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

1795 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1948. 1948 had 171 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	473
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

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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	118
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3