Weather Records on 10 September 1938

369 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 September 1938. Highest significance: Sohagpur, IN.

Key Facts for 10 September 1938

On 10 September 1938, 369 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 365 daily.
Sohagpur set a daily record precipitation of 203.2 mm (8.0 in) on 10 September 1938.
Across 166 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

369 stations

369 station records on 10 September 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 September 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malkangiri	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khairdatan	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moree (Bullerana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

369 records

Records set or tied on 10 September 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 94.

Records on 10 September 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 September 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

262 broken records

Margins by which the 262 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 161.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 September 1938

Top 20 records on 10 September 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 September 1938	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1938	Greenville Wtp, US	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1938	Malkangiri, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1938	Mascoutah, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1938	Casey, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1938	Antigo, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1938	Khairdatan, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1938	Farmington 3NW, US	all-time rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Ambagarh Chowki, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Richmond, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Grand River Lock, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Moree (Bullerana), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Mauzy, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Anchorage, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Rushville, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily low min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Kon-Kolodez, RU	monthly high min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Sikeston, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 September 1938	Ramanathapuram, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	22 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

1812 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1938. 1938 had 369 records.

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

Records on 09-10 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1818	1
1838	2
1841	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1850	2
1854	3
1857	1
1858	1
1865	5
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	7
1898	4
1899	10
1901	1
1902	10
1903	13
1904	5
1905	7
1906	23
1907	15
1908	15
1909	25
1910	26
1911	8
1912	62
1913	24
1914	43
1915	53
1916	15
1917	79
1918	33
1919	42
1920	132
1921	207
1922	78
1923	38
1924	335
1925	197
1926	68
1927	262
1928	109
1929	282
1930	161
1931	724
1932	258
1933	333
1934	247
1935	478
1936	336
1937	376
1938	369
1939	386
1940	410
1941	389
1942	271
1943	352
1944	470
1945	334
1946	295
1947	534
1948	432
1949	793
1950	394
1951	344
1952	476
1953	250
1954	271
1955	376
1956	834
1957	332
1958	435
1959	670
1960	376
1961	459
1962	798
1963	384
1964	710
1965	355
1966	330
1967	512
1968	846
1969	635
1970	582
1971	400
1972	477
1973	559
1974	522
1975	528
1976	1,041
1977	391
1978	883
1979	563
1980	716
1981	629
1982	687
1983	1,329
1984	824
1985	1,140
1986	960
1987	574
1988	783
1989	1,098
1990	782
1991	827
1992	745
1993	936
1994	816
1995	643
1996	1,003
1997	829
1998	1,832
1999	1,068
2000	1,088
2001	1,129
2002	1,298
2003	1,149
2004	652
2005	1,173
2006	1,110
2007	866
2008	975
2009	636
2010	1,273
2011	1,235
2012	793
2013	1,198
2014	894
2015	789
2016	1,085
2017	674
2018	1,030
2019	816
2020	2,105
2021	1,311
2022	633
2023	1,114
2024	933
2025	583
2026	832

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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 25	252
25 to 50	6
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1