Weather Records on 23 April 1938

177 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1938. Highest significance: Yalta, UA.

Key Facts for 23 April 1938

On 23 April 1938, 177 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 169 daily.
Yalta set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 23 April 1938.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

177 stations

177 station records on 23 April 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horseshoe Ranges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

177 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 April 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 April 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

135 broken records

Margins by which the 135 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 144.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1938

Top 20 records on 23 April 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1938	Yalta, UA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1938	Buffelshoek, ZA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1938	Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1938	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1938	Haenertsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1938	Amersfoort (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1938	Simferopol, UA	monthly rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1938	Naboomspruit (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1938	Rolfontein, ZA	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1938	Moose Jaw Chab, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1938	Alix, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1938	Hvar, HR	daily low max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1938	Benson, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1938	Wien, AT	daily low min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	60 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1938	Quilon Pwd, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1938	Lares, PR	monthly low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1938	Blanding, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1938	Dunvegan, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1938	Avoca, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1938	Battleford, CA	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	22 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

1800 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1938. 1938 had 177 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	118
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1