Weather Records on 25 November 1948

290 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 November 1948. Highest significance: Cape York Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 25 November 1948

On 25 November 1948, 290 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 280 daily.
Cape York Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 25 November 1948.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

290 stations

290 station records on 25 November 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 November 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	245.9 mm (9.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karmala	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-46.7 C (-52.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chenari	India	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khatra	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palandu	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

290 records

Records set or tied on 25 November 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 25 November 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 25 November 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 November 1948

Top 20 records on 25 November 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 November 1948	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Sandstone, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	W Pt, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Sadiya India, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Manbazar, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Thursday Island Township, AU	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Willard 4 SW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Begumpet Obsy, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Coimbra, PT	daily high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 November 1948	Moa Island Mission, AU	all-time rain	245.9 mm (9.7 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 November 1948	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 November 1948	Hadagalli, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 November 1948	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 November 1948	Wallace, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 November 1948	Delaware 3 WSW, US	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	29 years	31 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

1793 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 290 records.

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

Records on 11-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1812	1
1835	1
1838	2
1844	1
1848	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	1
1858	3
1863	2
1865	3
1867	1
1869	2
1870	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	2
1878	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1899	3
1900	3
1901	10
1902	12
1903	12
1904	14
1905	21
1906	22
1907	11
1908	46
1909	20
1910	20
1911	56
1912	26
1913	10
1914	133
1915	22
1916	117
1917	68
1918	12
1919	31
1920	34
1921	56
1922	35
1923	73
1924	102
1925	73
1926	134
1927	276
1928	113
1929	135
1930	302
1931	452
1932	438
1933	207
1934	160
1935	176
1936	203
1937	230
1938	1,210
1939	168
1940	355
1941	118
1942	351
1943	166
1944	578
1945	123
1946	548
1947	378
1948	290
1949	730
1950	2,309
1951	678
1952	1,214
1953	502
1954	294
1955	645
1956	419
1957	294
1958	660
1959	483
1960	944
1961	610
1962	359
1963	330
1964	567
1965	1,637
1966	794
1967	301
1968	208
1969	257
1970	1,040
1971	802
1972	642
1973	1,351
1974	308
1975	1,478
1976	383
1977	1,446
1978	756
1979	1,283
1980	826
1981	680
1982	1,027
1983	1,279
1984	914
1985	2,233
1986	976
1987	980
1988	745
1989	797
1990	889
1991	994
1992	1,929
1993	2,892
1994	606
1995	1,004
1996	1,181
1997	781
1998	1,078
1999	910
2000	633
2001	1,709
2002	712
2003	783
2004	863
2005	1,153
2006	1,509
2007	577
2008	661
2009	830
2010	1,958
2011	1,014
2012	540
2013	1,184
2014	949
2015	531
2016	410
2017	1,011
2018	371
2019	263
2020	425
2021	453
2022	481
2023	466
2024	856
2025	496

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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 50	224
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1