Weather Records on 25 March 1938

427 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1938. Highest significance: Hadagalli, IN.

Key Facts for 25 March 1938

On 25 March 1938, 427 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 400 daily.
Hadagalli set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.5 mm (2.5 in) on 25 March 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

427 stations

427 station records on 25 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jamkhandi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Indi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muddebihal	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flat Top Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

427 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 25 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 400.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

363 broken records

Margins by which the 363 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1938

Top 20 records on 25 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1938	Hadagalli, IN	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Bijapur, IN	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Jamkhandi, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Vayittiri, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	T.Narsipur, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Indi, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Ariyalur, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Harapanahalli, IN	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Sagar, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Muddebihal, IN	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Yemmiganur, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Flat Top Island, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Bagewadi, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Hungund, IN	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Gulbarga, IN	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1938	Quilon Pwd, IN	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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 427 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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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	326
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1