Weather Records on 10 July 1938

151 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 July 1938. Highest significance: Indore, IN.

Key Facts for 10 July 1938

On 10 July 1938, 151 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 146 daily.
Indore set a daily record precipitation of 183.6 mm (7.2 in) on 10 July 1938.
Across 173 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 414 records.

Record Map

151 stations

151 station records on 10 July 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 July 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
D.Baria	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kota-In-Rajasthan	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sanand	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ahmadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Balasinor	India	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kotalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Asifabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rewari	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

151 records

Records set or tied on 10 July 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 83.

Records on 10 July 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 July 1938 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 0, daily 146.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

118 broken records

Margins by which the 118 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 July 1938

Top 20 records on 10 July 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 July 1938	Indore, IN	daily rain	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1938	D.Baria, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1938	Florence, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 July 1938	Kota-In-Rajasthan, IN	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Suri, IN	all-time rain	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily low max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Debrecen Airport, HU	all-time rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Gonda, IN	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Lugansk, UA	all-time high min	26.6 C (79.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Barguzin, RU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Ambagarh Chowki, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Coloso, PR	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Ai-Petri, UA	all-time high max	29.6 C (85.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	1 year	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Raipur, IN	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Tallapoosa 2 N, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Sanand, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Wardha, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Astrakan, RU	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Ai-Petri, UA	daily high min	19.3 C (66.7 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 July 1938	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	33 years	20 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 151 records.

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

Records on 07-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1805	1
1815	2
1826	1
1829	1
1835	1
1837	1
1839	1
1843	3
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1871	2
1872	1
1874	4
1875	2
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	5
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	4
1899	10
1900	4
1901	6
1902	12
1903	16
1904	25
1905	40
1906	4
1907	5
1908	7
1909	15
1910	25
1911	58
1912	29
1913	38
1914	48
1915	20
1916	56
1917	51
1918	36
1919	23
1920	29
1921	81
1922	67
1923	113
1924	66
1925	257
1926	321
1927	95
1928	102
1929	175
1930	540
1931	292
1932	355
1933	570
1934	327
1935	306
1936	1,338
1937	304
1938	151
1939	327
1940	398
1941	432
1942	628
1943	283
1944	478
1945	729
1946	467
1947	537
1948	367
1949	392
1950	680
1951	551
1952	814
1953	529
1954	684
1955	497
1956	434
1957	514
1958	402
1959	512
1960	451
1961	688
1962	456
1963	950
1964	368
1965	357
1966	512
1967	341
1968	598
1969	518
1970	464
1971	568
1972	447
1973	528
1974	871
1975	712
1976	724
1977	486
1978	1,076
1979	686
1980	1,113
1981	811
1982	602
1983	1,184
1984	962
1985	657
1986	686
1987	862
1988	1,024
1989	869
1990	820
1991	890
1992	864
1993	1,088
1994	864
1995	1,096
1996	1,604
1997	846
1998	1,259
1999	964
2000	889
2001	992
2002	1,336
2003	981
2004	621
2005	1,077
2006	920
2007	954
2008	874
2009	951
2010	1,509
2011	1,102
2012	1,015
2013	545
2014	660
2015	1,025
2016	859
2017	547
2018	554
2019	529
2020	775
2021	1,081
2022	691
2023	837
2024	1,576
2025	704
2026	472

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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	99
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1