Weather Records on 11 September 1938

288 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 September 1938. Highest significance: Kimball 2NE, US.

Key Facts for 11 September 1938

On 11 September 1938, 288 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 281 daily.
Kimball 2NE set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 11 September 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

288 stations

288 station records on 11 September 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 September 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keolari	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mobinbry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pieter Meintjies (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hebel Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

288 records

Records set or tied on 11 September 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 132.

Records on 11 September 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 September 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 281.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

220 broken records

Margins by which the 220 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 September 1938

Top 20 records on 11 September 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 September 1938	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1938	Rome, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1938	Edgewater, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1938	Beaver Dam, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1938	Fullerton, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1938	Damoh, IN	daily rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1938	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1938	Brinkley, US	monthly high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1938	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1938	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1938	Tombstone, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1938	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1938	Keolari, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1938	Vrugbaar, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1938	Dickson, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1938	Lusk 2 SW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1938	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1938	Jalalabad, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1938	Grover 10 W, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1938	Scottsburg, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	28 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

1809 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1938. 1938 had 288 records.

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

Records on 09-11 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1814	3
1818	1
1830	1
1836	1
1838	3
1839	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	1
1860	2
1861	1
1863	2
1865	3
1866	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	4
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	15
1903	13
1904	4
1905	5
1906	10
1907	9
1908	20
1909	12
1910	19
1911	9
1912	25
1913	22
1914	52
1915	160
1916	17
1917	88
1918	62
1919	52
1920	158
1921	52
1922	78
1923	44
1924	290
1925	260
1926	137
1927	300
1928	127
1929	206
1930	136
1931	868
1932	210
1933	276
1934	144
1935	410
1936	567
1937	324
1938	288
1939	561
1940	891
1941	210
1942	234
1943	335
1944	446
1945	341
1946	262
1947	611
1948	424
1949	450
1950	462
1951	247
1952	549
1953	392
1954	363
1955	479
1956	539
1957	470
1958	748
1959	488
1960	423
1961	524
1962	480
1963	359
1964	1,195
1965	414
1966	392
1967	478
1968	835
1969	685
1970	474
1971	464
1972	507
1973	612
1974	430
1975	644
1976	920
1977	406
1978	911
1979	596
1980	474
1981	347
1982	862
1983	1,243
1984	888
1985	844
1986	1,221
1987	595
1988	1,019
1989	1,301
1990	840
1991	843
1992	672
1993	809
1994	713
1995	619
1996	1,030
1997	808
1998	1,821
1999	1,073
2000	1,469
2001	826
2002	1,059
2003	1,022
2004	740
2005	1,163
2006	1,132
2007	947
2008	916
2009	774
2010	965
2011	1,051
2012	687
2013	1,207
2014	1,100
2015	683
2016	677
2017	916
2018	763
2019	806
2020	1,235
2021	851
2022	617
2023	1,034
2024	889
2025	917
2026	615

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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	170
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2