Weather Records on 27 December 1948

445 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1948. Highest significance: Park Rch, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 1948

On 27 December 1948, 445 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 270 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 435 daily.
Park Rch set a monthly record daily precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 27 December 1948.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

445 stations

445 station records on 27 December 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Park Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avery Rs	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laurier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warm Springs Agency	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe Radio Kchi	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kialla East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Creek 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Launiupoko Intake 376	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

445 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 194, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 27 December 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	194
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 27 December 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

371 broken records

Margins by which the 371 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1948

Top 20 records on 27 December 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1948	Park Rch, US	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1948	Rainbow Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1948	Jeparit, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1948	Churchman Brook, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1948	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1948	Bologna, IT	daily low min	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	112 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1948	Manhattan, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1948	Redrock 1 NNE, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1948	W Pt, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1948	Warracknabeal (Earlstan), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1948	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1948	Antwerp, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1948	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1948	Riverside Fire STN 3, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1948	Trenton 2, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1948	Quakertown, US	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1948	Austral Downs, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1948	Cordillo Downs, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1948	Willcox, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1948	Flemington 5 NNW, US	monthly low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	44 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

1793 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 445 records.

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

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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Data for records on 1948-12-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	358
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2