Weather Records on 24 November 1948

459 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 November 1948. Highest significance: Hartington, US.

Key Facts for 24 November 1948

On 24 November 1948, 459 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 451 daily.
Hartington set a daily record snow depth of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 24 November 1948.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

459 stations

459 station records on 24 November 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 November 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deori	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darsi	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manikpur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karchana	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bukkapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mandakata	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Daryapur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

459 records

Records set or tied on 24 November 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 341, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 24 November 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	341
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 24 November 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 November 1948

Top 20 records on 24 November 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 November 1948	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 November 1948	Colby, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Athens, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Gulbarga, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Lakhnadon, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Fairview, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Bassawan, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Patan, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Satna, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Ft Deposit, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Karwi, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	San German 4 W, PR	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Carlton Brg, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Hailey 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	W Pt, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Mahbubnagar, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Effingham, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1948	Deori, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	35 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 459 records.

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

Records on 11-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1812	1
1824	2
1831	1
1836	1
1838	1
1841	1
1846	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	2
1858	3
1863	1
1865	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	6
1892	3
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	12
1903	8
1904	15
1905	17
1906	19
1907	14
1908	53
1909	30
1910	9
1911	47
1912	24
1913	26
1914	64
1915	20
1916	97
1917	110
1918	18
1919	43
1920	21
1921	60
1922	66
1923	164
1924	261
1925	132
1926	107
1927	410
1928	110
1929	226
1930	368
1931	945
1932	186
1933	211
1934	100
1935	221
1936	216
1937	302
1938	778
1939	234
1940	439
1941	166
1942	490
1943	192
1944	418
1945	226
1946	368
1947	745
1948	459
1949	487
1950	1,821
1951	627
1952	762
1953	280
1954	315
1955	621
1956	732
1957	282
1958	650
1959	665
1960	318
1961	660
1962	299
1963	351
1964	330
1965	1,334
1966	840
1967	294
1968	271
1969	284
1970	1,493
1971	836
1972	633
1973	1,513
1974	434
1975	844
1976	412
1977	1,071
1978	703
1979	1,458
1980	1,053
1981	910
1982	1,223
1983	1,370
1984	1,074
1985	2,300
1986	713
1987	781
1988	904
1989	1,005
1990	1,031
1991	928
1992	1,515
1993	2,296
1994	792
1995	956
1996	1,232
1997	489
1998	893
1999	1,202
2000	705
2001	1,808
2002	755
2003	1,166
2004	1,255
2005	1,115
2006	992
2007	1,001
2008	777
2009	889
2010	1,626
2011	1,046
2012	370
2013	1,155
2014	1,016
2015	493
2016	452
2017	1,526
2018	535
2019	323
2020	391
2021	451
2022	378
2023	554
2024	755
2025	453

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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 100	416
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1