Weather Records on 2 July 1938

399 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1938. Highest significance: Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US.

Key Facts for 2 July 1938

On 2 July 1938, 399 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 373 daily.
Portsmouth-Sciotoville set an all-time record daily precipitation of 127.5 mm (5.0 in) on 2 July 1938.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

399 stations

399 station records on 2 July 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Athani	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dhond	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pandharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bukkapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	37.9 C (100.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kanuparthi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

399 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 232.

Records on 2 July 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1938 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 19, daily 373.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1938

Top 20 records on 2 July 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1938	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	all-time rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1938	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1938	Palestine, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Mundargi, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Athani, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Whitestown, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Hillsdown, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Polavaram, IN	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Hebgen Dam, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Jagalur, IN	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Falun, SE	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Charleston, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Danville, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Tuscola, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Burketown Post Office, AU	all-time low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Chainpur, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Greenfield, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Flora Valley Old, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1938	Chidavaram, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	40 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 399 records.

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

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,174

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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	298
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1