Weather Records on 13 January 1938

235 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1938. Highest significance: Uccle, BE.

Key Facts for 13 January 1938

On 13 January 1938, 235 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 230 daily.
Uccle set a daily record precipitation of 33.9 mm (1.3 in) on 13 January 1938.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

235 stations

235 station records on 13 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Hindmarsh South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Woodburlie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winiam Clear Bank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

235 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 13 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 13 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 230.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

201 broken records

Margins by which the 201 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1938

Top 20 records on 13 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1938	Uccle, BE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Storrs, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Revelstoke, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Revelstoke, CA	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Lake Hindmarsh South, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Yarmouth, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Casterton Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Roermond, NL	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Clark, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Jeparit, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Aachen, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1938	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1938	Rossland City Yard, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1938	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1938	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1938	Kellogg, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1938	Castlewood, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6 years	29 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 235 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	187
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1