Weather Records on 9 July 1938

196 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1938. Highest significance: Amalner, IN.

Key Facts for 9 July 1938

On 9 July 1938, 196 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 192 daily.
Amalner set a daily record precipitation of 92.2 mm (3.6 in) on 9 July 1938.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

196 stations

196 station records on 9 July 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhusaval Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Radford	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Susner	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Annavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalna	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wankaner	India	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Copper	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

196 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 87.

Records on 9 July 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 192.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

155 broken records

Margins by which the 155 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1938

Top 20 records on 9 July 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1938	Amalner, IN	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1938	Albany, US	all-time rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1938	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1938	Malung, SE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1938	Robertsburg, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1938	Bhusaval Sr, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Carmel, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Beaufort Wwtp, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Radford, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Masset Airport, CA	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Sarna, SE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Malegaon, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high max	17.7 C (63.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Hvar, HR	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	55 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Sewanee, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Millinocket, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 July 1938	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	59 years	25 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 196 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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	124
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2