Weather Records on 27 June 1938

552 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 June 1938. Highest significance: Wilmington City Hall, US.

Key Facts for 27 June 1938

On 27 June 1938, 552 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 257 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 533 daily.
Wilmington City Hall set an all-time record daily precipitation of 183.4 mm (7.2 in) on 27 June 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

552 stations

552 station records on 27 June 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 June 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilmington City Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Settle	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anand	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware Cy Reedy Poin	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

552 records

Records set or tied on 27 June 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 213, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 260.

Records on 27 June 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	213
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 June 1938 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 533.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 June 1938

Top 20 records on 27 June 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 June 1938	Wilmington City Hall, US	all-time rain	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	75 of 100 (Major)
27 June 1938	Indian Mills 2 W, US	monthly rain	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Amherst, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Roebling, US	all-time rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	George School, US	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Taunton, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Worcester, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Layton 3 NW, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Bedford Hills, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Middleboro, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Mohonk Lake, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Samastipur, IN	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Panruti, IN	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Millington 1 SE, US	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Cape de Couedic, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Paraiyahat, IN	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 June 1938	Brockton, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	41 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

1799 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1938. 1938 had 552 records.

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

Records on 06-27 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1808	1
1811	1
1815	1
1830	2
1840	1
1841	2
1843	1
1849	1
1856	1
1857	1
1860	1
1863	2
1864	1
1868	2
1870	2
1871	2
1874	2
1875	1
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1898	6
1899	1
1900	4
1901	11
1902	8
1903	4
1904	7
1905	23
1906	12
1907	5
1908	10
1909	39
1910	33
1911	23
1912	24
1913	47
1914	38
1915	52
1916	259
1917	13
1918	35
1919	62
1920	34
1921	66
1922	92
1923	161
1924	81
1925	164
1926	281
1927	272
1928	219
1929	145
1930	245
1931	723
1932	287
1933	479
1934	587
1935	327
1936	555
1937	336
1938	552
1939	289
1940	337
1941	452
1942	497
1943	510
1944	586
1945	603
1946	317
1947	771
1948	403
1949	456
1950	433
1951	472
1952	988
1953	358
1954	495
1955	417
1956	503
1957	617
1958	836
1959	537
1960	344
1961	601
1962	291
1963	520
1964	258
1965	732
1966	401
1967	487
1968	1,359
1969	1,101
1970	1,059
1971	526
1972	446
1973	763
1974	1,078
1975	591
1976	679
1977	356
1978	918
1979	673
1980	1,242
1981	794
1982	778
1983	950
1984	475
1985	1,031
1986	656
1987	757
1988	1,130
1989	617
1990	1,248
1991	1,113
1992	1,063
1993	722
1994	1,382
1995	722
1996	997
1997	833
1998	1,312
1999	1,061
2000	1,125
2001	758
2002	989
2003	1,010
2004	855
2005	801
2006	1,177
2007	1,287
2008	570
2009	1,015
2010	1,006
2011	965
2012	1,334
2013	743
2014	632
2015	1,136
2016	494
2017	527
2018	652
2019	761
2020	592
2021	1,248
2022	1,003
2023	565
2024	921
2025	466
2026	1,656

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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	390
20 to 40	56
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1