Weather Records on 14 August 1948

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1948. Highest significance: Berlin-Dahlem, DE.

Key Facts for 14 August 1948

On 14 August 1948, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 367 daily.
Berlin-Dahlem set an all-time record daily precipitation of 124.7 mm (4.9 in) on 14 August 1948.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 14 August 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
G. Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baramba	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalghatgi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnaprasad	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rajathgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gariabund	India	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deobhog	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salepur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bolgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 August 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 August 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1948

Top 20 records on 14 August 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1948	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	all-time rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	46 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 August 1948	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	131 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Devgad, IN	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Mundagod, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	G. Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Baramba, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Tatarsk, RU	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Rajapur, IN	daily rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Kulgam, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Kalghatgi, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Fullerton, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Yellapur, IN	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Dapoli, IN	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Purankot, IN	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Krishnaprasad, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1948	Rajathgarh, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	41 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

1793 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1948. 1948 had 373 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	289
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1