Weather Records on 5 March 1938

350 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1938. Highest significance: Drevja, NO.

Key Facts for 5 March 1938

On 5 March 1938, 350 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 346 daily.
Drevja set a daily record precipitation of 44.3 mm (1.7 in) on 5 March 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

350 stations

350 station records on 5 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Gibson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinac Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

350 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 5 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 5 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 346.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

272 broken records

Margins by which the 272 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

5 March 1938

Top 20 records on 5 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1938	Drevja, NO	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1938	Jamestown, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 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)
5 March 1938	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Digby, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	65 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily high max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Baramulla, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Calumet, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Marlinton, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Karlstad, SE	daily high max	13.4 C (56.1 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Clarksdale, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Vestervig, DK	daily high max	8.4 C (47.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	50 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1938	Kristianstad, SE	daily high max	11.5 C (52.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	50 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

1794 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 350 records.

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

Records on 03-05 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1801	1
1810	1
1821	2
1845	3
1846	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	5
1861	1
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	4
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	5
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	3
1890	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	5
1900	2
1901	11
1902	15
1903	16
1904	3
1905	6
1906	15
1907	17
1908	12
1909	19
1910	34
1911	14
1912	31
1913	47
1914	27
1915	32
1916	14
1917	79
1918	82
1919	226
1920	102
1921	184
1922	42
1923	65
1924	159
1925	198
1926	240
1927	182
1928	68
1929	247
1930	118
1931	268
1932	320
1933	352
1934	347
1935	503
1936	125
1937	417
1938	350
1939	628
1940	150
1941	245
1942	287
1943	692
1944	485
1945	743
1946	706
1947	428
1948	946
1949	378
1950	534
1951	644
1952	347
1953	184
1954	468
1955	1,402
1956	658
1957	479
1958	365
1959	749
1960	2,228
1961	834
1962	491
1963	630
1964	852
1965	715
1966	539
1967	343
1968	1,029
1969	338
1970	317
1971	888
1972	810
1973	378
1974	912
1975	429
1976	1,479
1977	812
1978	1,689
1979	889
1980	418
1981	665
1982	525
1983	2,283
1984	648
1985	637
1986	754
1987	1,928
1988	623
1989	1,673
1990	836
1991	1,246
1992	1,488
1993	813
1994	796
1995	1,489
1996	856
1997	1,026
1998	1,016
1999	644
2000	1,127
2001	755
2002	1,373
2003	1,061
2004	1,558
2005	1,129
2006	624
2007	728
2008	913
2009	1,159
2010	729
2011	696
2012	575
2013	694
2014	1,006
2015	1,551
2016	875
2017	847
2018	652
2019	1,809
2020	1,274
2021	373
2022	635
2023	717
2024	979
2025	1,071
2026	992

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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	263
25 to 50	4
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1