Weather Records on 7 July 1938

268 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 1938. Highest significance: Mirajgaon, IN.

Key Facts for 7 July 1938

On 7 July 1938, 268 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 264 daily.
Mirajgaon set a daily record precipitation of 100.3 mm (3.9 in) on 7 July 1938.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

268 stations

268 station records on 7 July 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tangi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bergplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lohar-Daga	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

268 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 123.

Records on 7 July 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 1938 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 1938

Top 20 records on 7 July 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 1938	Mirajgaon, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1938	Ahmadnagar, IN	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1938	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1938	Ravenna, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1938	Kamennaja-Step, RU	all-time high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1938	Agricultural College, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1938	Canton, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1938	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Karimnagar, IN	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Elatma, RU	all-time high min	23.0 C (73.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Eustis 2 S, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Palmyra, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Miller, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Chernjaevo, RU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	68 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Ainsworth, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Tot-Ma, RU	monthly high min	19.2 C (66.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 July 1938	Madison, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	26 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

1793 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1938. 1938 had 268 records.

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

Records on 07-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1819	3
1821	1
1825	1
1828	2
1835	1
1845	1
1850	1
1856	2
1857	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	1
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1883	1
1887	4
1889	2
1890	8
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	14
1901	5
1902	13
1903	10
1904	4
1905	11
1906	12
1907	6
1908	26
1909	22
1910	16
1911	67
1912	31
1913	17
1914	49
1915	72
1916	126
1917	120
1918	42
1919	37
1920	42
1921	65
1922	135
1923	166
1924	166
1925	198
1926	135
1927	184
1928	200
1929	122
1930	332
1931	442
1932	315
1933	337
1934	390
1935	311
1936	795
1937	280
1938	268
1939	359
1940	467
1941	334
1942	516
1943	309
1944	411
1945	299
1946	208
1947	532
1948	404
1949	374
1950	431
1951	416
1952	515
1953	623
1954	622
1955	485
1956	1,170
1957	394
1958	749
1959	391
1960	663
1961	318
1962	294
1963	510
1964	549
1965	388
1966	304
1967	430
1968	624
1969	967
1970	391
1971	467
1972	1,155
1973	1,120
1974	652
1975	571
1976	679
1977	828
1978	794
1979	924
1980	848
1981	1,025
1982	795
1983	1,013
1984	1,044
1985	939
1986	770
1987	728
1988	1,251
1989	1,040
1990	781
1991	1,040
1992	938
1993	1,762
1994	1,394
1995	576
1996	1,218
1997	752
1998	1,382
1999	971
2000	823
2001	983
2002	667
2003	664
2004	1,084
2005	949
2006	1,061
2007	1,067
2008	1,174
2009	930
2010	1,411
2011	749
2012	1,423
2013	549
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	577
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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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	187
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1