Weather Records on 25 April 1938

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 April 1938. Highest significance: Cuero, US.

Key Facts for 25 April 1938

On 25 April 1938, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 364 daily.
Cuero set a daily record precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 25 April 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

375 stations

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

Weather records on 25 April 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arukutty	India	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marnai	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 25 April 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 April 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 April 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

312 broken records

Margins by which the 312 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 April 1938

Top 20 records on 25 April 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 April 1938	Cuero, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	Warooka, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	Arukutty, IN	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	Luling, US	monthly rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	Humboldt, CA	all-time snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	Colton (Boola Boola), AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	Chico UNIV Farm, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	Yorketown, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1938	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1938	Vishnupur, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1938	N Fk Rs, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1938	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1938	Curlewis Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1938	Port Lincoln (White Flat), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1938	Humboldt, CA	monthly rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1938	Pet Jorhat, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	27 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

1794 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 375 records.

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

Records on 04-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1805	1
1807	1
1808	1
1812	1
1813	1
1817	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	7
1856	1
1857	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	2
1867	2
1873	3
1874	4
1875	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	2
1888	3
1889	3
1890	9
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1895	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1901	6
1902	3
1903	29
1904	10
1905	8
1906	20
1907	22
1908	26
1909	47
1910	42
1911	14
1912	16
1913	53
1914	14
1915	82
1916	54
1917	28
1918	136
1919	103
1920	41
1921	83
1922	66
1923	95
1924	142
1925	231
1926	439
1927	175
1928	143
1929	288
1930	280
1931	269
1932	362
1933	133
1934	360
1935	248
1936	175
1937	494
1938	375
1939	371
1940	534
1941	223
1942	644
1943	340
1944	294
1945	638
1946	379
1947	324
1948	599
1949	572
1950	647
1951	370
1952	636
1953	369
1954	767
1955	644
1956	607
1957	442
1958	569
1959	385
1960	992
1961	563
1962	1,116
1963	437
1964	538
1965	526
1966	541
1967	837
1968	1,011
1969	419
1970	462
1971	629
1972	508
1973	434
1974	919
1975	764
1976	561
1977	812
1978	696
1979	622
1980	784
1981	900
1982	628
1983	1,860
1984	874
1985	649
1986	1,031
1987	1,009
1988	736
1989	1,382
1990	1,553
1991	1,003
1992	1,032
1993	862
1994	1,200
1995	1,128
1996	866
1997	1,348
1998	777
1999	986
2000	1,026
2001	1,170
2002	1,194
2003	859
2004	801
2005	1,435
2006	791
2007	1,149
2008	998
2009	1,366
2010	862
2011	1,166
2012	1,676
2013	1,193
2014	469
2015	743
2016	692
2017	705
2018	660
2019	660
2020	477
2021	386
2022	588
2023	540
2024	485
2025	493
2026	581

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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	291
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1