Weather Records on 27 March 1938

306 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1938. Highest significance: Albany, US.

Key Facts for 27 March 1938

On 27 March 1938, 306 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 284 daily.
Albany set a monthly record daily precipitation of 97.5 mm (3.8 in) on 27 March 1938.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

306 stations

306 station records on 27 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chandor	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maunawili Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalvan	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rahuri	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denison Hwy 60 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nasik	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ram/Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ambasamudram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kopargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chopda	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamner	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ghoda Ambegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Molakmura	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

306 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 284.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

260 broken records

Margins by which the 260 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1938

Top 20 records on 27 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1938	Albany, US	monthly rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Padwa, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Chandor, IN	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Maunawili Rch, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Vaduj, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Kalvan, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Rahuri, IN	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Koraput, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Denison Hwy 60 Brg, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Queenton, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Weatherford, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Nasik, IN	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1938	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1938	St John's, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1938	Holbrook, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1938	Henrietta, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1938	Dindori, IN	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1938	Waxahachie, US	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	32 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

1805 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1938. 1938 had 306 records.

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

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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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	221
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1