Weather Records on 7 August 1938

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1938. Highest significance: Gamalally, AU.

Key Facts for 7 August 1938

On 7 August 1938, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 559 daily.
Gamalally set a daily record precipitation of 38.4 mm (1.5 in) on 7 August 1938.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

568 stations

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

Weather records on 7 August 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chhipabarod	India	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rock View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Susner	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hebel Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ganmain (Dullah Dullah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Terry Hie Hie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mudhol	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chickballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sindgi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wetaskiwin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Molakmura	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avanigadda	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabilla (Boonal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Daryapur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 371.

Records on 7 August 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	371
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 559.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

486 broken records

Margins by which the 486 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1938

Top 20 records on 7 August 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1938	Gamalally, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1938	Mount Morris, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Oxford, GB	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	West Wyalong (Tallimbalong), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Angledool (Angledool Station), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Bijapur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Chhipabarod, IN	daily rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Collarenebri (Dunumbral), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Rock View, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Old Junee (Millbank), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Bierbank, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Fernlee, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Lacombe Cda, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Amalner, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1938	Susner, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 years	46 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

1808 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1938. 1938 had 568 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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	420
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1