Weather Records on 25 January 1938

665 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1938. Highest significance: Ishpeming, US.

Key Facts for 25 January 1938

On 25 January 1938, 665 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
282 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 634 daily.
Ishpeming set a monthly record daily precipitation of 57.7 mm (2.3 in) on 25 January 1938.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

665 stations

665 station records on 25 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nagode	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sardhana	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manikpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sidhi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahoba	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mawana	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moth	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baghpat Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsganj	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Khannah	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jeoli Jansath	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Badausa	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

665 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 345, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	345
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 634.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

598 broken records

Margins by which the 598 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

25 January 1938

Top 20 records on 25 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1938	Ishpeming, US	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1938	Cornwall, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Nagode, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Mau, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Karwi, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Sardhana, IN	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Ishpeming, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Panna, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Gordon Downs, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Ajaigarh, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Kunch, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Keene, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Phulpur, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Hatta, IN	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Manikpur, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Groenfontein "Montagu", ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Rowena (Iffley), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1938	Millinocket, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	42 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 665 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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Data for records on 1938-01-25: 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	526
20 to 40	62
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1