Weather Records on 3 February 1938

349 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1938. Highest significance: Cadelga, AU.

Key Facts for 3 February 1938

On 3 February 1938, 349 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 344 daily.
Cadelga set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 3 February 1938.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 555 records.

Record Map

349 stations

349 station records on 3 February 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cadelga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ettrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewers Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waimanalo 794	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

349 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 3 February 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 3 February 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1938

Top 20 records on 3 February 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1938	Cadelga, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1938	Ettumanur, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1938	Ettrick, AU	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1938	Borroloola, AU	monthly rain	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1938	Kuzhithurai, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1938	St Ignace, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1938	Adanakottai, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1938	Branxton Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1938	Tenkasi, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1938	Livermore, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1938	Kahuku 912, US	monthly rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1938	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1938	Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1938	Lodi, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1938	Lewers Rch, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1938	E Lawai 934, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1938	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1938	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1938	Cordillo Downs, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1938	Kamloops, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	39 years	27 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

1795 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1938. 1938 had 349 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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	280
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1