Weather Records on 12 January 1938

179 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1938. Highest significance: Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 12 January 1938

On 12 January 1938, 179 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 178 daily.
Kluitjeskraal (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 49.8 mm (2.0 in) on 12 January 1938.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

179 stations

179 station records on 12 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akhuapada	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surada	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kanowna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

179 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 84, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 12 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 12 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 178.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

145 broken records

Margins by which the 145 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1938

Top 20 records on 12 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1938	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1938	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1938	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 January 1938	De Wagendrift, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Jagatsingpur, IN	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Escondido, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Simcoe, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Los Gatos, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Susanville 2SW, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Panskura, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Mtn Home, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	10 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Heerde, NL	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Arnhem, NL	daily rain	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily rain	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 January 1938	Poltava, UA	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	18 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

1794 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 179 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 50	137
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1