Weather Records on 4 September 1938

236 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 1938. Highest significance: Soraon, IN.

Key Facts for 4 September 1938

On 4 September 1938, 236 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 217 daily.
Soraon set an all-time record daily precipitation of 261.6 mm (10.3 in) on 4 September 1938.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

236 stations

236 station records on 4 September 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	261.6 mm (10.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karchana	India	Record daily precipitation	306.1 mm (12.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Damra	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kancheepuram	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Penticton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narayanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kotalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

236 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 112.

Records on 4 September 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 1938 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 217.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 1938

Top 20 records on 4 September 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 1938	Soraon, IN	all-time rain	261.6 mm (10.3 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 September 1938	Keonjhargarh, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Princeton, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Dalhart Exp STN, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Pudukkottai, IN	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Kotagiri, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Kenton, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Thathaiengarpet, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Amlagora, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1938	Kodaikanal, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1938	Nossen, DE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1938	Talavadi, IN	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1938	Karchana, IN	all-time rain	306.1 mm (12.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1938	Damra, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1938	Astana, KZ	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1938	Columbia Falls 5 SW, US	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 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

1802 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1938. 1938 had 236 records.

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

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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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 10	149
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1