Weather Records on 18 March 1938

304 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1938. Highest significance: Cambridge, US.

Key Facts for 18 March 1938

On 18 March 1938, 304 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 301 daily.
Cambridge set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 18 March 1938.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

304 stations

304 station records on 18 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sugahara Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Honokaa Mauka	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar City Powerhouse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

304 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 12.

Records on 18 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 301.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 163.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1938

Top 20 records on 18 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1938	Cambridge, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1938	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1938	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1938	Mtn View 91, US	daily rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1938	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1938	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1938	Sugahara Camp, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1938	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1938	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1938	Hilo 86A, US	daily rain	173.2 mm (6.8 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1938	Caldwell, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1938	Paauhau 217, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1938	Albany 1 N, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1938	Wilbur, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1938	Honokaa Mauka, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1938	Murrungowar, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1938	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	19.3 C (66.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1938	Sterling, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1938	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1938	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	24 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

1806 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1938. 1938 had 304 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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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	220
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1