Weather Records on 23 August 1938

654 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1938. Highest significance: Albion Park Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 August 1938

On 23 August 1938, 654 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
338 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 646 daily.
Albion Park Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 169.2 mm (6.7 in) on 23 August 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

654 stations

654 station records on 23 August 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brentwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin 1 Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sangola	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Unanderra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanuparthi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osmanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Brush	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dumble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burruer (Illaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lilli Pilli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Balliguda	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

654 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 224, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 245.

Records on 23 August 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	224
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 646.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

534 broken records

Margins by which the 534 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1938

Top 20 records on 23 August 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1938	Albion Park Post Office, AU	monthly rain	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Pokolbin (Ben Ean), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Woomera (Arcoona), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Brentwood Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Greta Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Pokolbin 1 Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Sangola, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Curramulka, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Unanderra, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Kanuparthi, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Osmanabad, IN	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Willsons River, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Cataract Dam, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	East Maitland Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1938	Crookhaven Heads, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	38 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

1802 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1938. 1938 had 654 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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Data for records on 1938-08-23: 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 10	434
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	34
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	4