Weather Records on 14 September 1938

335 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1938. Highest significance: Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US.

Key Facts for 14 September 1938

On 14 September 1938, 335 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 315 daily.
Cleveland 2717 Euclid set a daily record precipitation of 45.5 mm (1.8 in) on 14 September 1938.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

335 stations

335 station records on 14 September 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 September 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ryan	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Island 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddapah	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chitvel	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dwight	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wandiwash	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagirikota	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

335 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 175.

Records on 14 September 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1938 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1938

Top 20 records on 14 September 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1938	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Ironton, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Ryan, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Forest City 2 NNE, US	all-time rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Malur, IN	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Le Claire, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Elmira, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Rock Island 2 NW, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Cuddapah, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Chitvel, IN	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Virudhunagar, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Vardoe, NO	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Prairie du Chien, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1938	Bangarpet, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1938	Ulundurpet, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1938	Sodankyla AWS, FI	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1938	Dwight, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1938	Defiance, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1938	Sutton, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 September 1938	Palamner, IN	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	32 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

1814 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1938. 1938 had 335 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 14 September 1938
Margin	Records
0 to 10	194
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	5