Weather Records on 24 June 1938

388 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 June 1938. Highest significance: Irkutsk, RU.

Key Facts for 24 June 1938

On 24 June 1938, 388 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 378 daily.
Irkutsk set a daily record precipitation of 54.2 mm (2.1 in) on 24 June 1938.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

388 stations

388 station records on 24 June 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 June 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parragundy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sirohi	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albert (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Moira Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla (Brindingabba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Berida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seodha(Seondha)	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jasol	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Summervale (Gundaur)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

388 records

Records set or tied on 24 June 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 235.

Records on 24 June 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 June 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 378.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

312 broken records

Margins by which the 312 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 June 1938

Top 20 records on 24 June 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 June 1938	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Billings Wtp, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Marra Creek (Womboin), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Jasdan, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Parragundy, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Chainpur, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Sirohi, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Albert (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Tottenham (Moira Vale), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Midland 2, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Oregon Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Decorah, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Tottenham (Burdenda), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Hungerford, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Adavale, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Girilambone (Ampol), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Yantabulla (Brindingabba), AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1938	Glenariff, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

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 388 records.

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

Records on 06-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	2
1813	1
1821	1
1822	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	5
1889	4
1892	11
1893	7
1894	4
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	4
1902	10
1903	17
1904	10
1905	13
1906	13
1907	28
1908	25
1909	52
1910	21
1911	24
1912	141
1913	36
1914	50
1915	57
1916	57
1917	24
1918	56
1919	32
1920	31
1921	33
1922	46
1923	262
1924	119
1925	220
1926	219
1927	155
1928	275
1929	299
1930	366
1931	668
1932	351
1933	482
1934	390
1935	279
1936	897
1937	473
1938	388
1939	296
1940	534
1941	361
1942	373
1943	293
1944	394
1945	352
1946	384
1947	432
1948	398
1949	360
1950	681
1951	452
1952	798
1953	422
1954	439
1955	327
1956	603
1957	706
1958	583
1959	369
1960	320
1961	603
1962	260
1963	433
1964	365
1965	443
1966	490
1967	613
1968	500
1969	992
1970	536
1971	557
1972	1,204
1973	400
1974	922
1975	798
1976	840
1977	508
1978	582
1979	830
1980	655
1981	767
1982	615
1983	913
1984	732
1985	797
1986	672
1987	805
1988	1,646
1989	733
1990	689
1991	935
1992	1,104
1993	1,054
1994	1,019
1995	751
1996	1,019
1997	854
1998	1,127
1999	815
2000	605
2001	684
2002	864
2003	1,199
2004	946
2005	1,322
2006	789
2007	779
2008	533
2009	935
2010	1,102
2011	845
2012	991
2013	667
2014	460
2015	583
2016	1,245
2017	1,139
2018	459
2019	889
2020	609
2021	929
2022	650
2023	682
2024	784
2025	1,508
2026	927

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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	266
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2