Weather Records on 1 June 1938

391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 June 1938. Highest significance: Port Fairy (Griffiths Island), AU.

Key Facts for 1 June 1938

On 1 June 1938, 391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 351 daily.
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island) set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 1 June 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

391 stations

391 station records on 1 June 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 June 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Srimushnam	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gangarampur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sakri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forbesganj	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alangudi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maunawili Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

391 records

Records set or tied on 1 June 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 245.

Records on 1 June 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 June 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 351.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

338 broken records

Margins by which the 338 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 June 1938

Top 20 records on 1 June 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 June 1938	Port Fairy (Griffiths Island), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Manbazar, IN	monthly rain	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Swan Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Portland, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Longford (Denton Close), AU	monthly rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Srimushnam, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Shirpur, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Durham, GB	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Gangarampur, IN	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Sakri, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Sycamore, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Dartmoor, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Deloraine (Athol), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Chachora, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Basel Binningen, CH	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Poolaijelo, AU	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Joliet, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 June 1938	Avoca (Railway House), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 June 1938	Narsingarh, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 June 1938	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	34 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

1793 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1938. 1938 had 391 records.

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

Records on 06-01 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	1
1811	1
1827	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1853	2
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	3
1871	1
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1879	3
1884	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	6
1890	6
1891	2
1892	3
1893	4
1894	4
1895	7
1896	2
1897	10
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	7
1902	7
1903	15
1904	14
1905	10
1906	6
1907	22
1908	6
1909	29
1910	28
1911	17
1912	22
1913	25
1914	16
1915	21
1916	44
1917	29
1918	51
1919	52
1920	254
1921	39
1922	36
1923	149
1924	113
1925	216
1926	141
1927	144
1928	94
1929	159
1930	635
1931	268
1932	101
1933	434
1934	842
1935	145
1936	515
1937	450
1938	391
1939	492
1940	345
1941	356
1942	211
1943	745
1944	498
1945	757
1946	611
1947	424
1948	367
1949	347
1950	359
1951	695
1952	319
1953	422
1954	430
1955	562
1956	800
1957	382
1958	295
1959	476
1960	294
1961	363
1962	526
1963	215
1964	768
1965	291
1966	1,074
1967	884
1968	370
1969	453
1970	614
1971	667
1972	991
1973	396
1974	443
1975	794
1976	531
1977	754
1978	768
1979	953
1980	574
1981	1,009
1982	855
1983	908
1984	1,238
1985	673
1986	1,250
1987	730
1988	1,043
1989	751
1990	852
1991	1,346
1992	1,033
1993	1,074
1994	732
1995	736
1996	686
1997	1,222
1998	1,250
1999	752
2000	1,147
2001	1,076
2002	1,114
2003	841
2004	791
2005	751
2006	988
2007	744
2008	765
2009	650
2010	776
2011	1,267
2012	948
2013	1,344
2014	757
2015	766
2016	554
2017	428
2018	1,093
2019	320
2020	675
2021	913
2022	604
2023	663
2024	652
2025	890
2026	471

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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	301
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3