Weather Records on 7 March 1938

72 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1938. Highest significance: Koyah, IN.

Key Facts for 7 March 1938

On 7 March 1938, 72 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 70 daily.
Koyah set a daily record precipitation of 107.2 mm (4.2 in) on 7 March 1938.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

72 stations

72 station records on 7 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hailakundi India	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record snow depth	178.0 cm (70.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barkola	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Karimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-34.8 C (-30.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Badarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

72 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 7 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 7 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 70.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

64 broken records

Margins by which the 64 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1938

Top 20 records on 7 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1938	Koyah, IN	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1938	Hailakundi India, IN	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Sadiya India, IN	monthly rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Dewan, IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Oxford, GB	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Bikrampur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Galway, IE	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Tunnsjo, NO	all-time snow depth	178.0 cm (70.1 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily low max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	49 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Barkola, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Kissimmee, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Wien, AT	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Jowai, IN	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Albany, AU	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	15 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Skjak, NO	daily rain	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1938	Salekhard, RU	daily high min	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	33 years	17 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

1796 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1938. 1938 had 72 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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Data for records on 1938-03-07: 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	58
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1