Weather Records on 10 May 1938

179 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1938. Highest significance: Nawadah, IN.

Key Facts for 10 May 1938

On 10 May 1938, 179 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 172 daily.
Nawadah set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 10 May 1938.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

179 stations

179 station records on 10 May 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Basti	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sikraul	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dinapur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaikalur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gingee	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pakribarwan	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vijayawada	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gannavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bansgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kovvur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rae Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williambury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicholi	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuerindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Valangiman	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

179 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 10 May 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 10 May 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 172.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

159 broken records

Margins by which the 159 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1938

Top 20 records on 10 May 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1938	Nawadah, IN	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1938	Ageon, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1938	Thathaiengarpet, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1938	Buxar, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1938	Kurgan, RU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1938	Graz, AT	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1938	Basti, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1938	Ponnur(Ponnuru), IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1938	Sikraul, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1938	Gangajalghati, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1938	Dinapur Sr, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1938	Mangalgiri, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1938	Kaikalur, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1938	Gingee, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1938	Pakribarwan, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1938	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1938	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1938	Wien, AT	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1938	Penukonda, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1938	Gurjala(Gurujala), IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 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

1805 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1938. 1938 had 179 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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	121
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1