Weather Records on 15 January 1938

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 January 1938. Highest significance: Port Arthur, AU.

Key Facts for 15 January 1938

On 15 January 1938, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 660 daily.
Port Arthur set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 15 January 1938.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 15 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Narayanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pandappa Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belalie North (Teecarnee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Wattle Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pomonal Windy Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wonwondah (Mount Zero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jallukar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Willogoleche)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chepstowe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sheep Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston on Murray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Ulooloo Railway Sidin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 15 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 463, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	463
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 January 1938

Top 20 records on 15 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 January 1938	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 January 1938	Overland Corner, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Orroroo, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Narayanganj, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Pandappa Homestead, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Belalie North (Teecarnee), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Meredith (Wattle Vale), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Wartook Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Lyrup, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Le Grand, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Smythesdale, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Miena Dam, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Laen, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Farrell Flat, AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Terowie, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Pomonal Windy Ridge, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 January 1938	Warracknabeal (Ailsa), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

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 679 records.

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

Records on 01-15 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1799	2
1820	2
1838	1
1845	3
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1890	3
1891	1
1893	7
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	5
1898	1
1899	10
1900	3
1901	10
1902	7
1903	1
1904	11
1905	22
1906	23
1907	12
1908	5
1909	29
1910	78
1911	14
1912	28
1913	10
1914	27
1915	67
1916	26
1917	35
1918	241
1919	39
1920	79
1921	55
1922	19
1923	48
1924	43
1925	398
1926	41
1927	406
1928	410
1929	151
1930	581
1931	156
1932	1,069
1933	241
1934	101
1935	218
1936	230
1937	587
1938	679
1939	234
1940	265
1941	376
1942	402
1943	613
1944	348
1945	417
1946	333
1947	604
1948	738
1949	727
1950	963
1951	577
1952	665
1953	1,193
1954	515
1955	273
1956	531
1957	790
1958	453
1959	261
1960	707
1961	740
1962	660
1963	1,422
1964	829
1965	643
1966	437
1967	518
1968	812
1969	989
1970	406
1971	600
1972	1,748
1973	753
1974	1,663
1975	744
1976	517
1977	773
1978	951
1979	1,441
1980	901
1981	671
1982	1,187
1983	756
1984	1,121
1985	1,022
1986	515
1987	1,124
1988	742
1989	880
1990	829
1991	748
1992	1,159
1993	1,121
1994	1,465
1995	1,808
1996	1,199
1997	1,330
1998	855
1999	1,159
2000	1,020
2001	929
2002	775
2003	586
2004	1,371
2005	727
2006	767
2007	2,717
2008	629
2009	1,125
2010	820
2011	943
2012	476
2013	1,132
2014	507
2015	479
2016	597
2017	988
2018	916
2019	339
2020	1,330
2021	717
2022	593
2023	672
2024	2,651
2025	439
2026	683

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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	550
20 to 40	58
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2