Weather Records on 23 June 1938

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 June 1938. Highest significance: Dungarpur, IN.

Key Facts for 23 June 1938

On 23 June 1938, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 260 daily.
Dungarpur set a daily record precipitation of 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 23 June 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 23 June 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 June 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wapweelah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vada	India	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dahanu	India	Record daily precipitation	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hinganghat	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Itahar	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harda	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cadelga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itawah	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 23 June 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 117.

Records on 23 June 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 June 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 260.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 June 1938

Top 20 records on 23 June 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 June 1938	Dungarpur, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1938	Stanley Wwtp, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1938	Warwick, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1938	Kaiserganj, IN	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1938	Wapweelah, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1938	Collarenebri (Dunumbral), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1938	Murrawombi, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1938	Vada, IN	daily rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 June 1938	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1938	Ranpur, IN	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1938	Dover, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1938	Boone, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1938	El Paso, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1938	Newton, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1938	Los Lunas, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1938	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1938	Peterborough, CA	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1938	Garden City, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1938	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 June 1938	Sydney, CA	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	48 years	29 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

1805 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1938. 1938 had 266 records.

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

Records on 06-23 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1821	2
1822	1
1824	1
1834	1
1843	1
1849	2
1850	1
1853	2
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1874	3
1876	1
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	4
1887	3
1888	4
1889	4
1890	1
1892	9
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	2
1898	2
1899	4
1900	2
1901	5
1902	10
1903	22
1904	10
1905	16
1906	14
1907	20
1908	20
1909	29
1910	30
1911	23
1912	38
1913	28
1914	31
1915	127
1916	14
1917	22
1918	92
1919	42
1920	76
1921	72
1922	25
1923	143
1924	86
1925	162
1926	336
1927	104
1928	155
1929	182
1930	408
1931	331
1932	208
1933	605
1934	367
1935	231
1936	627
1937	479
1938	266
1939	218
1940	365
1941	295
1942	475
1943	260
1944	427
1945	394
1946	348
1947	648
1948	567
1949	424
1950	812
1951	443
1952	538
1953	657
1954	486
1955	369
1956	533
1957	514
1958	630
1959	427
1960	452
1961	453
1962	285
1963	546
1964	434
1965	391
1966	426
1967	708
1968	356
1969	969
1970	484
1971	270
1972	1,522
1973	520
1974	625
1975	681
1976	668
1977	480
1978	509
1979	550
1980	633
1981	846
1982	602
1983	968
1984	654
1985	552
1986	628
1987	946
1988	1,751
1989	1,039
1990	639
1991	904
1992	1,675
1993	922
1994	956
1995	891
1996	1,342
1997	777
1998	1,589
1999	904
2000	636
2001	808
2002	1,079
2003	1,335
2004	970
2005	1,070
2006	810
2007	802
2008	533
2009	1,077
2010	966
2011	989
2012	793
2013	525
2014	382
2015	642
2016	1,203
2017	1,012
2018	493
2019	1,174
2020	716
2021	950
2022	661
2023	942
2024	959
2025	1,414
2026	894

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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	178
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1