Weather Records on 4 March 1938

628 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1938. Highest significance: Pinal Rch, US.

Key Facts for 4 March 1938

On 4 March 1938, 628 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
263 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 588 daily.
Pinal Rch set a daily record precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 4 March 1938.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

628 stations

628 station records on 4 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.7 C (105.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

628 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 169, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 4 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	169
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 4 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 588.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 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

4 March 1938

Top 20 records on 4 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1938	Pinal Rch, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1938	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1938	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	monthly low min	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1938	Bulken, NO	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1938	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1938	Kingston Queens U, CA	monthly low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Bird Island, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Beatrice, CA	monthly low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	St John's, CA	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Silverton, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Willcox, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Lowville, US	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Brockville, CA	monthly low min	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Sussex, CA	monthly low min	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	monthly low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1938	Kohala 179.1, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	28 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

1801 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1938. 1938 had 628 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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	484
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1