Weather Records on 10 March 1938

142 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 1938. Highest significance: Novorossijsk, RU.

Key Facts for 10 March 1938

On 10 March 1938, 142 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 139 daily.
Novorossijsk set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 10 March 1938.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

142 stations

142 station records on 10 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Callaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tambarmering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

142 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 10 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 10 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 139.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

128 broken records

Margins by which the 128 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 March 1938

Top 20 records on 10 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 1938	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1938	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Marshalltown, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Trenton 2, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	71 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Callaville, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Armagh, GB	daily high min	9.9 C (49.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	7.4 C (45.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	55 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	St John's, CA	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Sheffield, GB	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Dinby, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Sandvig, DK	daily high min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Durham, GB	monthly high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	53 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Budapest, HU	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Karlshamn, SE	daily high min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	55 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Oneonta, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Valley Head, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1938	Magdeburg, DE	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	55 years	21 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

1807 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1938. 1938 had 142 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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 20	124
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1