Weather Records on 13 April 1938

268 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 April 1938. Highest significance: Austin #2, US.

Key Facts for 13 April 1938

On 13 April 1938, 268 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 263 daily.
Austin #2 set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 13 April 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

268 stations

268 station records on 13 April 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 April 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Copper	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tebessa	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ozena	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

268 records

Records set or tied on 13 April 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 53, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 April 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 April 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

202 broken records

Margins by which the 202 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 April 1938

Top 20 records on 13 April 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 April 1938	Austin #2, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 April 1938	Baziya (Bos), ZA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Visalia, US	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily high min	9.7 C (49.5 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily low min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Austin #2, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Merrill, US	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Constantine, DZ	daily low min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	51 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	54 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Biskra, DZ	daily low min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Attur, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Cwebe, ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Genoa 2 W, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Pacific Salt, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Winnemucca AP, US	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Porterville, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Copper, US	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 April 1938	Bic, CA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7 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

1798 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1938. 1938 had 268 records.

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

Records on 04-13 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1809	2
1812	1
1817	1
1830	1
1831	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1839	2
1849	1
1852	1
1854	1
1856	2
1862	1
1864	1
1865	3
1869	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1885	1
1886	3
1889	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	1
1902	3
1903	11
1904	15
1905	9
1906	23
1907	16
1908	6
1909	37
1910	13
1911	32
1912	41
1913	62
1914	58
1915	17
1916	47
1917	36
1918	35
1919	26
1920	258
1921	59
1922	74
1923	125
1924	96
1925	137
1926	232
1927	167
1928	139
1929	117
1930	477
1931	339
1932	392
1933	489
1934	674
1935	480
1936	435
1937	185
1938	268
1939	857
1940	1,562
1941	1,085
1942	137
1943	745
1944	212
1945	978
1946	391
1947	532
1948	595
1949	302
1950	1,352
1951	715
1952	738
1953	609
1954	504
1955	665
1956	294
1957	714
1958	465
1959	515
1960	286
1961	669
1962	603
1963	353
1964	408
1965	656
1966	563
1967	665
1968	739
1969	324
1970	624
1971	390
1972	1,411
1973	701
1974	729
1975	675
1976	807
1977	1,066
1978	448
1979	715
1980	734
1981	872
1982	710
1983	1,394
1984	397
1985	746
1986	1,509
1987	768
1988	1,145
1989	1,671
1990	800
1991	1,326
1992	1,189
1993	574
1994	1,104
1995	789
1996	913
1997	2,451
1998	1,710
1999	631
2000	956
2001	1,013
2002	916
2003	1,245
2004	1,091
2005	425
2006	1,023
2007	1,271
2008	1,021
2009	760
2010	1,028
2011	761
2012	609
2013	759
2014	868
2015	607
2016	510
2017	454
2018	914
2019	736
2020	2,051
2021	465
2022	2,173
2023	1,433
2024	1,172
2025	952
2026	849

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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	201
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1