Weather Records on 4 December 1948

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1948. Highest significance: New Canton, US.

Key Facts for 4 December 1948

On 4 December 1948, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 484 daily.
New Canton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 4 December 1948.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

504 stations

504 station records on 4 December 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Areia Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castro Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg 7 St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Springs 7 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yonna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 4 December 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 4 December 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 484.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1948

Top 20 records on 4 December 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1948	New Canton, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1948	Fredericksburg Np, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Buchanan, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Columbia 2SSE, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Cheltenham 1 NW, US	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Catawba Hospital, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Gary, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Culpeper, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Areia Branca, BR	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	McGill, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Castro Alves, BR	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Millington 1 SE, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	East Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1948	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1948	Hinton 1, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1948	Louisa, US	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1948	Dover, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	32 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

1796 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1948. 1948 had 504 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	356
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1