Weather Records on 14 March 1938

317 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1938. Highest significance: Tustervatnet, NO.

Key Facts for 14 March 1938

On 14 March 1938, 317 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 315 daily.
Tustervatnet set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 14 March 1938.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

317 stations

317 station records on 14 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bally Bally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landscape Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenilworth Tu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dyliabing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Caroline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beverley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wonnaminta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sugahara Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woogenellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bunbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

317 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1938

Top 20 records on 14 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1938	Tustervatnet, NO	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1938	Cairo River, US	all-time rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1938	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1938	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1938	Dawson, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1938	Paducah, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1938	Marradong, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1938	Collbran, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Bally Bally, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Holbrook, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Saint Johns, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Greensburg, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	51 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Watheroo, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Gavle, SE	daily high max	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	55 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Lowestoft, GB	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Dawson, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Laketown, US	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1938	Landscape Hill, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	20 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

1810 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1938. 1938 had 317 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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 50	252
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1