Weather Records on 28 June 1938

591 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 June 1938. Highest significance: Novosibirsk, RU.

Key Facts for 28 June 1938

On 28 June 1938, 591 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 311 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 576 daily.
Novosibirsk set an all-time record daily precipitation of 95.2 mm (3.7 in) on 28 June 1938.
Across 158 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

591 stations

591 station records on 28 June 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 June 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	395.5 mm (15.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond City Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pawtucket	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colton (Boola Boola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bahera	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jamui	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

591 records

Records set or tied on 28 June 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 224, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 241.

Records on 28 June 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	224
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 June 1938 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 576.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

462 broken records

Margins by which the 462 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 155.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 June 1938

Top 20 records on 28 June 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 June 1938	Novosibirsk, RU	all-time rain	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 June 1938	Sheohar, IN	all-time rain	395.5 mm (15.6 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Colchester 2 W, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Setauket Strong, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Warwick, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Pupri, IN	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Fall River, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Darbhanga, IN	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Tucson WFO, US	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Princeton, US	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Richmond City Locks, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Monghyr, IN	daily rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Pawtucket, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Colton (Boola Boola), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	New London, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Kingston, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Motihari, IN	daily rain	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Begusarai, IN	daily rain	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1938	Bakhtiarpur, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	15 years	47 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

1815 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1938. 1938 had 591 records.

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

Records on 06-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1823	1
1824	1
1827	1
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1841	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1867	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	4
1893	5
1895	1
1896	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	19
1902	8
1903	2
1904	12
1905	19
1906	24
1907	12
1908	10
1909	26
1910	51
1911	30
1912	21
1913	57
1914	50
1915	64
1916	99
1917	20
1918	46
1919	69
1920	146
1921	68
1922	45
1923	222
1924	105
1925	168
1926	335
1927	256
1928	176
1929	146
1930	195
1931	843
1932	218
1933	475
1934	594
1935	332
1936	556
1937	378
1938	591
1939	333
1940	256
1941	454
1942	570
1943	422
1944	386
1945	489
1946	401
1947	818
1948	435
1949	316
1950	340
1951	420
1952	685
1953	293
1954	427
1955	369
1956	582
1957	636
1958	749
1959	647
1960	290
1961	405
1962	333
1963	672
1964	328
1965	363
1966	394
1967	398
1968	1,286
1969	961
1970	897
1971	629
1972	503
1973	696
1974	953
1975	611
1976	661
1977	397
1978	797
1979	542
1980	1,754
1981	870
1982	737
1983	1,336
1984	448
1985	1,223
1986	657
1987	615
1988	1,224
1989	736
1990	1,006
1991	1,389
1992	1,306
1993	753
1994	1,209
1995	959
1996	1,094
1997	860
1998	1,271
1999	1,348
2000	1,297
2001	712
2002	1,020
2003	748
2004	965
2005	995
2006	1,051
2007	1,086
2008	554
2009	839
2010	1,186
2011	1,051
2012	1,204
2013	934
2014	695
2015	1,257
2016	424
2017	595
2018	711
2019	685
2020	915
2021	1,472
2022	853
2023	619
2024	694
2025	454
2026	1,942

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Data for records on 1938-06-28: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	403
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2