Weather Records on 8 June 1938

347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 June 1938. Highest significance: Bhadrak, IN.

Key Facts for 8 June 1938

On 8 June 1938, 347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 343 daily.
Bhadrak set a daily record precipitation of 99.8 mm (3.9 in) on 8 June 1938.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

347 stations

347 station records on 8 June 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 June 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akhuapada	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Surat	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Byad	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khetri	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nandurbar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Modasa	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mandal	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sakri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Radhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gondal	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chittur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kharaghoda	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhuj Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

347 records

Records set or tied on 8 June 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 241.

Records on 8 June 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 June 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 343.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

317 broken records

Margins by which the 317 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 June 1938

Top 20 records on 8 June 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 June 1938	Bhadrak, IN	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1938	Shahabad, IN	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1938	Soro, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1938	George School, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1938	Clemson UNIV, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1938	Akhuapada, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1938	Sirpur, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1938	Surat, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1938	Byad, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 June 1938	Khetri, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1938	Philadelphia Shawmont, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1938	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1938	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1938	Valley Head, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1938	Darlington, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1938	Doylestown, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1938	Palanpur, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1938	Nandurbar, IN	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1938	Adairsville, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 June 1938	Modasa, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	28 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 347 records.

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

Records on 06-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1804	1
1808	1
1811	1
1816	1
1837	1
1838	1
1841	3
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	2
1862	3
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1885	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	5
1892	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	2
1902	3
1903	22
1904	4
1905	7
1906	30
1907	6
1908	40
1909	6
1910	11
1911	32
1912	48
1913	31
1914	56
1915	191
1916	51
1917	50
1918	48
1919	31
1920	71
1921	393
1922	88
1923	83
1924	175
1925	151
1926	119
1927	123
1928	134
1929	154
1930	292
1931	356
1932	304
1933	808
1934	364
1935	279
1936	240
1937	251
1938	347
1939	244
1940	230
1941	802
1942	307
1943	177
1944	403
1945	343
1946	272
1947	550
1948	787
1949	347
1950	1,153
1951	593
1952	358
1953	567
1954	312
1955	701
1956	549
1957	342
1958	423
1959	473
1960	301
1961	588
1962	301
1963	500
1964	581
1965	391
1966	368
1967	411
1968	617
1969	458
1970	576
1971	504
1972	780
1973	631
1974	835
1975	576
1976	494
1977	1,385
1978	1,035
1979	1,005
1980	739
1981	1,107
1982	649
1983	974
1984	1,088
1985	1,271
1986	729
1987	920
1988	1,230
1989	1,026
1990	691
1991	906
1992	825
1993	1,054
1994	1,246
1995	1,654
1996	1,751
1997	1,267
1998	1,402
1999	1,217
2000	1,298
2001	980
2002	971
2003	1,158
2004	1,197
2005	1,299
2006	863
2007	1,463
2008	1,771
2009	840
2010	710
2011	1,491
2012	577
2013	729
2014	732
2015	759
2016	747
2017	560
2018	385
2019	704
2020	914
2021	854
2022	452
2023	785
2024	588
2025	747
2026	402

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Data for records on 1938-06-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	260
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	4