Weather Records on 4 June 1938

226 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 1938. Highest significance: Kapskarmo, NO.

Key Facts for 4 June 1938

On 4 June 1938, 226 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 223 daily.
Kapskarmo set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 4 June 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

226 stations

226 station records on 4 June 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 June 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Badnera	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simga	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dholka	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dalu	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murtajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Asola	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mandal	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

226 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 126.

Records on 4 June 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 June 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 223.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

190 broken records

Margins by which the 190 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 1938

Top 20 records on 4 June 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 1938	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1938	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1938	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1938	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1938	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1938	Badnera, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1938	Simga, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Nord-Rana, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Yellavaram, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Sullurpet, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Vishakhapatnam, IN	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Millsboro, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Gajapathinagaram, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Dholka, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily low max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Bhimunipatnam, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Anjangaon, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1938	Skagway, US	monthly low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	27 years	23 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

1796 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1938. 1938 had 226 records.

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

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

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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 10	143
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3