Weather Records on 19 May 1938

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1938. Highest significance: Virginia City, US.

Key Facts for 19 May 1938

On 19 May 1938, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 419 daily.
Virginia City set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 19 May 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 19 May 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waimanalo 794	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aijal	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Copper	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 19 May 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 19 May 1938 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 8, daily 419.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1938

Top 20 records on 19 May 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1938	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Chatham 2, CA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Emsdale, CA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Hana 354, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Grand Rapids Wb City, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Big Timber, US	all-time rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Hamilton, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Waimanalo 794, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Woodward, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	all-time rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Rapelje, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Adel, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Billings Wtp, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Winfield 3NE, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Sigourney, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Holter Dam, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Cundletown Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1938	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

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 432 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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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	323
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1