Weather Records on 1 March 1938

308 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1938. Highest significance: Redrock 1 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 1938

On 1 March 1938, 308 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 305 daily.
Redrock 1 NNE set a daily record precipitation of 25.7 mm (1.0 in) on 1 March 1938.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

308 stations

308 station records on 1 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugahara Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

308 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1938

Top 20 records on 1 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1938	Redrock 1 NNE, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1938	Pasadena, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1938	Sugahara Camp, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1938	Pomona/Fairplex, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1938	Lares, PR	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Digby, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Coloso, PR	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Mariposa, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	El Cajon 2 E, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Escondido, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Santa Barbara, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Haina 214, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Revelstoke, CA	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	13 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	4.9 C (40.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	59 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Escanaba, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	Elsinore, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1938	N Fk Rs, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	22 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

1808 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1938. 1938 had 308 records.

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

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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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 25	221
25 to 50	7
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1