Weather Records on 24 January 1938

545 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1938. Highest significance: Morven Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 January 1938

On 24 January 1938, 545 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 493 daily.
Morven Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 221.0 mm (8.7 in) on 24 January 1938.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

545 stations

545 station records on 24 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sidhi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebung (Vermont Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peoria City Office	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

545 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 51, daily 493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1938

Top 20 records on 24 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1938	Morven Post Office, AU	all-time rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	31 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1938	Marengo, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1938	Elgin Water, US	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1938	Port Washington, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1938	Pine River 3 NE, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Havana, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Fulton, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Hermann, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Clinton #1, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Palmyra, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Maihar, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Manistee 3SE, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1938	Gallatin 1W, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	54 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

1796 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1938. 1938 had 545 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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Data for records on 1938-01-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	380
20 to 40	67
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2