Weather Records on 13 August 1938

442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 August 1938. Highest significance: Forse, SE.

Key Facts for 13 August 1938

On 13 August 1938, 442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 433 daily.
Forse set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 13 August 1938.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

442 stations

442 station records on 13 August 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 August 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatampur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Howrah	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bano	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silverspur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

442 records

Records set or tied on 13 August 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 128.

Records on 13 August 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 August 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

362 broken records

Margins by which the 362 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 August 1938

Top 20 records on 13 August 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 August 1938	Forse, SE	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1938	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1938	Basirhat, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1938	Basel Binningen, CH	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1938	Ghatampur, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1938	Budaun, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1938	Howrah, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 August 1938	Roermond, NL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Cheesman, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Kanpur, IN	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Unnao, IN	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Chakradhanpur, IN	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Avon Park 2 W, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Pullman Exp STN, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Green Rvr, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Saentis, CH	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Parry Sound, CA	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 August 1938	Bano, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	27 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 442 records.

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

Records on 08-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1843	2
1849	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1861	3
1864	3
1867	3
1868	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	3
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	5
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	9
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	3
1902	23
1903	12
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	3
1908	36
1909	33
1910	9
1911	41
1912	53
1913	20
1914	19
1915	32
1916	64
1917	62
1918	68
1919	38
1920	56
1921	34
1922	39
1923	84
1924	168
1925	145
1926	168
1927	113
1928	215
1929	184
1930	490
1931	596
1932	369
1933	291
1934	427
1935	400
1936	705
1937	370
1938	442
1939	276
1940	631
1941	516
1942	388
1943	611
1944	761
1945	355
1946	599
1947	685
1948	346
1949	420
1950	436
1951	373
1952	985
1953	238
1954	781
1955	732
1956	355
1957	432
1958	352
1959	363
1960	460
1961	503
1962	550
1963	583
1964	1,526
1965	734
1966	565
1967	1,091
1968	828
1969	663
1970	390
1971	431
1972	485
1973	452
1974	572
1975	462
1976	693
1977	678
1978	761
1979	1,198
1980	502
1981	534
1982	653
1983	647
1984	597
1985	829
1986	609
1987	1,106
1988	1,363
1989	637
1990	770
1991	845
1992	1,666
1993	993
1994	944
1995	1,910
1996	1,276
1997	1,009
1998	917
1999	1,363
2000	719
2001	861
2002	1,475
2003	1,993
2004	2,040
2005	1,418
2006	1,023
2007	1,243
2008	842
2009	806
2010	1,783
2011	736
2012	969
2013	430
2014	701
2015	653
2016	1,064
2017	523
2018	462
2019	653
2020	753
2021	928
2022	799
2023	763
2024	1,061
2025	714
2026	1,097

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	325
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1