Weather Records on 7 January 1938

192 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1938. Highest significance: Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US.

Key Facts for 7 January 1938

On 7 January 1938, 192 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 188 daily.
Ft Myers Page Fld AP set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 7 January 1938.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

192 stations

192 station records on 7 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keolari	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond City Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahuadaur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pondilafa	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kurdege	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

192 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 7 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 7 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 188.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

169 broken records

Margins by which the 169 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1938

Top 20 records on 7 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1938	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1938	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1938	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1938	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1938	Saint John, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1938	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1938	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Keolari, IN	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily low min	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Budapest, HU	daily low max	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Keene, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Northfield, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Pleasantville 1 N, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Mount Barker, AU	daily high max	39.2 C (102.6 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Hvar, HR	daily low min	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1938	Szeged, HU	daily low min	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	36 years	25 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

1826 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1938. 1938 had 192 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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	154
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3