Weather Records on 20 June 1948

554 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 June 1948. Highest significance: Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU.

Key Facts for 20 June 1948

On 20 June 1948, 554 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 547 daily.
Little River (Mount Rothwell) set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 20 June 1948.
Across 158 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

554 stations

554 station records on 20 June 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 June 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Levy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malad	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaley	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sagrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sawar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canterbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

554 records

Records set or tied on 20 June 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 June 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 June 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

458 broken records

Margins by which the 458 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 June 1948

Top 20 records on 20 June 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 June 1948	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 June 1948	Elaine (Larundel), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Yea, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Levy, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Kenton, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Baku, AZ	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Las Animas, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Saint Francis, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Portales, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Eads, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Greensburg, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Hutchinson River, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Batesville L&D 1, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Malad, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Buckley 1 NE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Guerrero (Smn), MX	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Leoti, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Landsburg, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Coldwater, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1948	Abbott 1 SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	38 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

1800 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1948. 1948 had 554 records.

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

Records on 06-20 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1813	1
1821	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1877	2
1879	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	3
1899	6
1900	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	22
1904	13
1905	14
1906	18
1907	10
1908	30
1909	9
1910	27
1911	27
1912	17
1913	30
1914	53
1915	75
1916	83
1917	96
1918	54
1919	67
1920	40
1921	42
1922	61
1923	263
1924	204
1925	483
1926	228
1927	193
1928	199
1929	137
1930	143
1931	536
1932	182
1933	676
1934	301
1935	337
1936	529
1937	412
1938	326
1939	270
1940	469
1941	200
1942	757
1943	447
1944	315
1945	769
1946	849
1947	387
1948	554
1949	314
1950	328
1951	289
1952	318
1953	998
1954	414
1955	291
1956	484
1957	598
1958	603
1959	504
1960	451
1961	836
1962	173
1963	379
1964	729
1965	463
1966	441
1967	687
1968	559
1969	982
1970	482
1971	395
1972	660
1973	553
1974	743
1975	984
1976	899
1977	453
1978	480
1979	727
1980	922
1981	987
1982	801
1983	724
1984	686
1985	811
1986	732
1987	960
1988	1,222
1989	918
1990	899
1991	1,085
1992	1,049
1993	964
1994	925
1995	1,260
1996	1,123
1997	738
1998	1,627
1999	906
2000	1,328
2001	771
2002	955
2003	843
2004	1,071
2005	1,055
2006	820
2007	1,208
2008	669
2009	1,060
2010	865
2011	1,359
2012	1,045
2013	879
2014	381
2015	637
2016	1,352
2017	1,086
2018	635
2019	693
2020	590
2021	1,161
2022	972
2023	1,265
2024	783
2025	944
2026	757

Download the Data

Data for records on 1948-06-20: 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 20	419
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1