Weather Records on 10 August 1938

382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1938. Highest significance: Tarabganj, IN.

Key Facts for 10 August 1938

On 10 August 1938, 382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 358 daily.
Tarabganj set a monthly record daily precipitation of 381.0 mm (15.0 in) on 10 August 1938.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

382 stations

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

Weather records on 10 August 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waimanalo 794	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Azamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haraiya	India	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolpur	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	325.9 mm (12.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jamui	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maunawili Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	306.6 mm (12.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kealia 1112	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ghosi	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	187.7 mm (7.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	169.4 mm (6.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

382 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 167.

Records on 10 August 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1938 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 17, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 219.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1938

Top 20 records on 10 August 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1938	Tarabganj, IN	monthly rain	381.0 mm (15.0 in)	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1938	Kaiserganj, IN	daily rain	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	137.1 mm (5.4 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Nanpara, IN	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Kukuiula 935, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Faizabad, IN	monthly rain	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Grove Farm 1021, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Shahganj, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Waimanalo 794, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Guelph Oac, CA	all-time rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Azamgarh, IN	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Haraiya, IN	monthly rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Bolpur, IN	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Bahraich, IN	all-time rain	325.9 mm (12.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Tanda, IN	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1938	Welland, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	45 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

1814 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1938. 1938 had 382 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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Data for records on 1938-08-10: 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 50	291
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1