Weather Records on 7 September 1938

348 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1938. Highest significance: Pondilafa, IN.

Key Facts for 7 September 1938

On 7 September 1938, 348 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 342 daily.
Pondilafa set a daily record precipitation of 146.6 mm (5.8 in) on 7 September 1938.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

348 stations

348 station records on 7 September 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pondilafa	India	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bahraich	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Puranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

348 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 153.

Records on 7 September 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

274 broken records

Margins by which the 274 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1938

Top 20 records on 7 September 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1938	Pondilafa, IN	daily rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1938	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1938	Orebro, SE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1938	Morrison, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1938	Ko253Lpatti Sr, IN	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1938	Mio Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1938	Bahraich, IN	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1938	Britt 3E, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1938	Moncure 3 SE, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1938	Grayling, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1938	Viroqua, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1938	Kamuthi, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1938	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1938	Ipswich, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1938	Bratsk, RU	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1938	Kennebec, US	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1938	Ottumwa, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1938	Kurinjipadi, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1938	W Pt, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 September 1938	Jamestown, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	31 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 348 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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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	247
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1