Weather Records on 31 December 1948

591 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1948. Highest significance: Cutchogue, US.

Key Facts for 31 December 1948

On 31 December 1948, 591 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 545 daily.
Cutchogue set a monthly record daily precipitation of 121.4 mm (4.8 in) on 31 December 1948.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

591 stations

591 station records on 31 December 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	357.4 mm (14.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Cranbourne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rouchel Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baan Baa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Edderton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Owens Gap (T.O.K.)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

591 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 390, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 31 December 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	390
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 31 December 1948 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 44, daily 545.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1948

Top 20 records on 31 December 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1948	Cutchogue, US	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1948	Waterbury, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 December 1948	Salisbury, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	South Egremont, US	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Cream Hill, US	monthly rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Falls Village, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Somerset, US	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Chatham, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Pittsfield, US	all-time rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Redford, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Silver Lake, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Silver Lake, US	daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Mechanicville 2 S, US	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Millers Creek, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Boggabri Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St), AU	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Blackville Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1948	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	48 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

1797 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1948. 1948 had 591 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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	518
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1