Weather Records on 11 June 1938

370 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 June 1938. Highest significance: Du Quoin 4 SE, US.

Key Facts for 11 June 1938

On 11 June 1938, 370 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 365 daily.
Du Quoin 4 SE set a daily record precipitation of 95.8 mm (3.8 in) on 11 June 1938.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

370 stations

370 station records on 11 June 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 June 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nalia	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpuri(Rampur)	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alirajpur/Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

370 records

Records set or tied on 11 June 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 242.

Records on 11 June 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 June 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

316 broken records

Margins by which the 316 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 June 1938

Top 20 records on 11 June 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 June 1938	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Gudivada, IN	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Birdsville Police Station, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Jokkmokk, SE	monthly rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Riksgransen, SE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Nalia, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Kiruna, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Mascoutah, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Pelee Island, CA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Corning, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Ankenes, NO	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 June 1938	Clay Ctr, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1938	Nashville 1 E, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1938	Ft Smith, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1938	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 June 1938	Osage City, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	32 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 370 records.

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

Records on 06-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1797	2
1811	1
1812	1
1816	1
1821	1
1838	1
1841	1
1843	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	1
1869	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	5
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	15
1904	4
1905	9
1906	11
1907	23
1908	20
1909	22
1910	28
1911	59
1912	40
1913	32
1914	26
1915	44
1916	73
1917	157
1918	29
1919	27
1920	37
1921	109
1922	69
1923	199
1924	114
1925	138
1926	130
1927	181
1928	179
1929	132
1930	143
1931	200
1932	174
1933	589
1934	228
1935	243
1936	377
1937	386
1938	370
1939	344
1940	388
1941	623
1942	515
1943	216
1944	266
1945	702
1946	283
1947	754
1948	361
1949	461
1950	352
1951	417
1952	580
1953	585
1954	288
1955	1,073
1956	783
1957	599
1958	554
1959	315
1960	260
1961	390
1962	314
1963	707
1964	601
1965	405
1966	530
1967	494
1968	423
1969	620
1970	762
1971	368
1972	1,455
1973	803
1974	543
1975	622
1976	621
1977	530
1978	517
1979	745
1980	765
1981	866
1982	633
1983	596
1984	824
1985	725
1986	720
1987	494
1988	1,012
1989	879
1990	612
1991	922
1992	833
1993	938
1994	608
1995	1,273
1996	1,127
1997	1,067
1998	1,487
1999	916
2000	1,271
2001	1,027
2002	1,057
2003	857
2004	939
2005	1,828
2006	1,566
2007	778
2008	1,468
2009	1,012
2010	1,263
2011	918
2012	864
2013	892
2014	536
2015	583
2016	810
2017	760
2018	645
2019	915
2020	581
2021	1,036
2022	1,449
2023	570
2024	604
2025	724
2026	867

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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	253
20 to 40	53
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1