Weather Records on 9 September 1938

416 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 September 1938. Highest significance: Covelong, IN.

Key Facts for 9 September 1938

On 9 September 1938, 416 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 410 daily.
Covelong set a daily record precipitation of 154.2 mm (6.1 in) on 9 September 1938.
Across 162 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

416 stations

416 station records on 9 September 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 September 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taylors Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lohar-Daga	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumayam	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chingleput	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dharamjaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Avanigadda	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Raiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

416 records

Records set or tied on 9 September 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 145.

Records on 9 September 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 September 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 410.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

302 broken records

Margins by which the 302 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 September 1938

Top 20 records on 9 September 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 September 1938	Covelong, IN	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	135.7 mm (5.3 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Narsaraopet, IN	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Genoa, IT	daily rain	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Merrill, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Sullurpet, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Beloit, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Guntur, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Medford, US	monthly rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Taylors Falls 1 NE, US	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Prentice #2, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Grove Farm 1021, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Vattaram, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Marengo, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Antigo, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Weyerhaeuser 1N, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Lohar-Daga, IN	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1938	Long Lake Dam, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1938	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 September 1938	Manitowoc, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	30 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

1806 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1938. 1938 had 416 records.

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

Records on 09-09 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1836	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1883	3
1884	4
1886	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	4
1894	3
1895	7
1897	3
1898	5
1899	6
1900	1
1901	4
1902	5
1903	14
1904	9
1905	8
1906	24
1907	9
1908	5
1909	9
1910	17
1911	27
1912	48
1913	12
1914	69
1915	48
1916	16
1917	44
1918	40
1919	74
1920	145
1921	92
1922	115
1923	58
1924	232
1925	248
1926	168
1927	246
1928	108
1929	362
1930	211
1931	558
1932	302
1933	433
1934	256
1935	461
1936	297
1937	242
1938	416
1939	429
1940	294
1941	763
1942	357
1943	596
1944	719
1945	355
1946	366
1947	465
1948	307
1949	1,407
1950	426
1951	338
1952	511
1953	344
1954	283
1955	608
1956	742
1957	390
1958	419
1959	736
1960	492
1961	383
1962	847
1963	400
1964	488
1965	326
1966	366
1967	367
1968	440
1969	603
1970	584
1971	498
1972	464
1973	517
1974	689
1975	555
1976	773
1977	410
1978	702
1979	878
1980	829
1981	1,011
1982	814
1983	958
1984	1,304
1985	1,269
1986	1,026
1987	676
1988	836
1989	983
1990	762
1991	882
1992	620
1993	886
1994	892
1995	937
1996	809
1997	837
1998	1,667
1999	1,013
2000	811
2001	1,647
2002	1,355
2003	786
2004	1,603
2005	1,068
2006	917
2007	948
2008	1,161
2009	792
2010	1,049
2011	1,328
2012	681
2013	974
2014	590
2015	806
2016	1,210
2017	661
2018	876
2019	953
2020	2,579
2021	1,458
2022	1,094
2023	1,222
2024	1,146
2025	520
2026	815

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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	263
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1