Weather Records on 25 August 1938

620 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1938. Highest significance: Minto Surrey Street, AU.

Key Facts for 25 August 1938

On 25 August 1938, 620 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 583 daily.
Minto Surrey Street set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 25 August 1938.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

620 stations

620 station records on 25 August 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burruer (Illaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haiku 490	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burrawang (Range Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

620 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 170, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 310.

Records on 25 August 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	170
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	310
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 36, daily 583.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

522 broken records

Margins by which the 522 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1938

Top 20 records on 25 August 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1938	Minto Surrey Street, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Helensburgh (Sawan St), AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Robertson (Caalong Street), AU	daily rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Pathfinder Dam, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Cataract Dam, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Dapto West (Stane Dykes), AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Exeter, AU	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Burruer (Illaroo), AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Sutton Forest (Uralba), AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Nowra Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1938	Haiku 490, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	50 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

1796 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1938. 1938 had 620 records.

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

Records on 08-25 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1818	2
1837	1
1838	2
1839	1
1848	1
1852	1
1855	2
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1875	1
1876	5
1877	3
1879	3
1880	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1892	4
1893	8
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	13
1901	11
1902	6
1903	13
1904	11
1905	12
1906	29
1907	15
1908	13
1909	22
1910	32
1911	32
1912	32
1913	31
1914	30
1915	94
1916	18
1917	65
1918	37
1919	172
1920	174
1921	50
1922	70
1923	117
1924	402
1925	145
1926	224
1927	356
1928	167
1929	174
1930	247
1931	251
1932	270
1933	307
1934	457
1935	317
1936	859
1937	333
1938	620
1939	366
1940	658
1941	474
1942	514
1943	496
1944	589
1945	462
1946	305
1947	627
1948	876
1949	281
1950	327
1951	352
1952	585
1953	461
1954	520
1955	711
1956	273
1957	479
1958	958
1959	576
1960	585
1961	487
1962	398
1963	510
1964	557
1965	401
1966	715
1967	439
1968	596
1969	631
1970	721
1971	628
1972	596
1973	537
1974	466
1975	650
1976	459
1977	731
1978	702
1979	828
1980	750
1981	671
1982	907
1983	1,277
1984	694
1985	1,048
1986	778
1987	1,533
1988	815
1989	918
1990	817
1991	688
1992	1,680
1993	1,137
1994	617
1995	1,206
1996	1,058
1997	1,553
1998	1,138
1999	895
2000	790
2001	1,021
2002	1,073
2003	872
2004	947
2005	874
2006	1,020
2007	1,345
2008	1,026
2009	824
2010	1,321
2011	1,332
2012	709
2013	619
2014	853
2015	1,157
2016	887
2017	432
2018	438
2019	708
2020	931
2021	597
2022	672
2023	1,565
2024	909
2025	1,071
2026	886

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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	460
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1