Weather Records on 8 September 1948

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 September 1948. Highest significance: Balanpur, IN.

Key Facts for 8 September 1948

On 8 September 1948, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 337 daily.
Balanpur set a daily record precipitation of 177.8 mm (7.0 in) on 8 September 1948.
Across 170 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 8 September 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 September 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Garotha	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sikandra Rao	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Amroha	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sahaswan	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baroda	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lumding	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mathura	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iglas	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kowardha	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bilari	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sambhal	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Badausa	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moradabad	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hassanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppuvanam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Girwan Naraini	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barwasagar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 8 September 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 158.

Records on 8 September 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 September 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 337.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

269 broken records

Margins by which the 269 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 September 1948

Top 20 records on 8 September 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 September 1948	Balanpur, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Garotha, IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Sikandra Rao, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Osage City, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Amroha, IN	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Barduar, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Thorpdale State School, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Jhansi, IN	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Hutchinson River, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Sahaswan, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Mandla, IN	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 September 1948	Baroda, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1948	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1948	Haiku 490, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1948	Warrensburg 4NW, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1948	Seoni, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1948	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1948	Lumding, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 September 1948	Mathura, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	30 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

1802 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1948. 1948 had 340 records.

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

Records on 09-08 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1806	1
1813	1
1814	2
1815	2
1833	1
1837	1
1845	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	2
1851	1
1854	1
1855	3
1857	1
1860	3
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1881	3
1883	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	10
1906	14
1907	7
1908	4
1909	7
1910	9
1911	20
1912	62
1913	19
1914	37
1915	32
1916	25
1917	166
1918	31
1919	240
1920	59
1921	299
1922	206
1923	116
1924	138
1925	232
1926	141
1927	177
1928	93
1929	397
1930	156
1931	480
1932	465
1933	728
1934	407
1935	353
1936	535
1937	222
1938	397
1939	547
1940	297
1941	477
1942	375
1943	488
1944	769
1945	423
1946	325
1947	586
1948	340
1949	765
1950	570
1951	389
1952	382
1953	324
1954	309
1955	481
1956	717
1957	427
1958	480
1959	667
1960	678
1961	351
1962	682
1963	378
1964	294
1965	472
1966	351
1967	380
1968	308
1969	556
1970	582
1971	704
1972	523
1973	873
1974	626
1975	564
1976	639
1977	726
1978	1,165
1979	813
1980	739
1981	854
1982	605
1983	1,154
1984	1,123
1985	1,492
1986	1,203
1987	880
1988	856
1989	648
1990	747
1991	806
1992	869
1993	783
1994	704
1995	1,324
1996	609
1997	892
1998	1,331
1999	1,196
2000	981
2001	1,643
2002	1,238
2003	819
2004	1,576
2005	1,015
2006	850
2007	1,112
2008	878
2009	832
2010	1,143
2011	1,554
2012	813
2013	831
2014	515
2015	728
2016	951
2017	978
2018	724
2019	903
2020	1,952
2021	1,080
2022	1,567
2023	1,242
2024	1,336
2025	707
2026	699

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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	232
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1