Weather Records on 26 June 1938

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 June 1938. Highest significance: Bloomfield, US.

Key Facts for 26 June 1938

On 26 June 1938, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 380 daily.
Bloomfield set a daily record precipitation of 70.4 mm (2.8 in) on 26 June 1938.
Across 162 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

395 stations

395 station records on 26 June 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 June 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazilka	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maudeha	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bharthana	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne City	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 26 June 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 249.

Records on 26 June 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 June 1938 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 380.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 June 1938

Top 20 records on 26 June 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 June 1938	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Sendamangalam, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Amherst, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Paterson, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Rupar, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Guntersville, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Fazilka, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Maudeha, IN	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Anchorage, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Cornwall, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 June 1938	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1938	Phillipsburg, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1938	Coatesville 1 SW, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1938	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1938	Hana 354, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1938	Kotli, PK	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1938	Darbhanga, IN	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	31 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

1799 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1938. 1938 had 395 records.

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

Records on 06-26 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1808	1
1811	3
1814	1
1816	1
1824	1
1829	1
1830	1
1833	1
1838	1
1840	2
1843	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	3
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1869	1
1871	4
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	6
1896	4
1897	1
1900	3
1901	15
1902	19
1903	11
1904	22
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	10
1909	30
1910	27
1911	37
1912	27
1913	70
1914	55
1915	29
1916	124
1917	25
1918	68
1919	57
1920	24
1921	132
1922	84
1923	294
1924	45
1925	181
1926	273
1927	145
1928	449
1929	173
1930	220
1931	579
1932	198
1933	387
1934	635
1935	313
1936	562
1937	288
1938	395
1939	262
1940	574
1941	388
1942	500
1943	473
1944	502
1945	269
1946	376
1947	273
1948	343
1949	581
1950	524
1951	433
1952	1,274
1953	340
1954	539
1955	362
1956	406
1957	709
1958	989
1959	454
1960	410
1961	622
1962	352
1963	379
1964	323
1965	1,063
1966	380
1967	683
1968	1,268
1969	1,188
1970	916
1971	635
1972	581
1973	583
1974	1,535
1975	797
1976	726
1977	395
1978	860
1979	1,091
1980	1,285
1981	793
1982	792
1983	838
1984	572
1985	897
1986	933
1987	751
1988	1,267
1989	504
1990	818
1991	1,047
1992	958
1993	640
1994	1,177
1995	732
1996	922
1997	737
1998	1,205
1999	853
2000	725
2001	738
2002	760
2003	1,107
2004	1,040
2005	592
2006	1,104
2007	1,547
2008	541
2009	1,062
2010	1,041
2011	840
2012	1,076
2013	800
2014	584
2015	603
2016	546
2017	624
2018	432
2019	970
2020	459
2021	878
2022	825
2023	578
2024	765
2025	730
2026	935

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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	216
10 to 20	73
20 to 30	31
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1