Weather Records on 4 January 1938

136 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1938. Highest significance: Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE.

Key Facts for 4 January 1938

On 4 January 1938, 136 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 127 daily.
Leipzig-Holzhausen set a daily record snow depth of 12.0 cm (4.7 in) on 4 January 1938.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

136 stations

136 station records on 4 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malakoff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bijawar	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jaura	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cambray	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Agar	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

136 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 54, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 4 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 4 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

113 broken records

Margins by which the 113 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

4 January 1938

Top 20 records on 4 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1938	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1938	Palermo, IT	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1938	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1938	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	monthly high min	29.0 C (84.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Hurbanovo, SK	monthly low max	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Calarasi, RO	all-time low min	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Altentreptow, DE	monthly snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Eskdale, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	48 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Burrwood Wb, US	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	53 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.8 C (80.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Revelstoke, CA	monthly high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Malakoff Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1938	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	45 years	20 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

1795 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1938. 1938 had 136 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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	102
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	4