Weather Records on 28 July 1938

264 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1938. Highest significance: Kanakapura, IN.

Key Facts for 28 July 1938

On 28 July 1938, 264 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 248 daily.
Kanakapura set an all-time record daily precipitation of 203.2 mm (8.0 in) on 28 July 1938.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

264 stations

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

Weather records on 28 July 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lewers Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paramakudi	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Annur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valangiman	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fanny Cove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kotputli	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Reno	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perumbalur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gingee	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saranac	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rasipuram	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

264 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 195.

Records on 28 July 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1938 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 248.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

233 broken records

Margins by which the 233 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1938

Top 20 records on 28 July 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1938	Kanakapura, IN	all-time rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1938	Lewers Rch, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1938	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Kollegal, IN	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Paramakudi, IN	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Thammampatty, IN	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Sendamangalam, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Pakala, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Palacode, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Ponnamaravathi, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Talavadi, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Peterborough, CA	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Annur, IN	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Vinita 2 N, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Avanashi, IN	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Dharmapuri, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Sankari, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1938	Valangiman, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	41 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 264 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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Data for records on 1938-07-28: 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	180
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1