Weather Records on 22 September 1938

394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1938. Highest significance: Brockport, US.

Key Facts for 22 September 1938

On 22 September 1938, 394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 384 daily.
Brockport set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 22 September 1938.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

394 stations

394 station records on 22 September 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiptur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jammalamadugu	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

394 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 101.

Records on 22 September 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

312 broken records

Margins by which the 312 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1938

Top 20 records on 22 September 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1938	Brockport, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Watertown, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Orillia, CA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Koilkuntla, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Brockville, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Sonamarg &, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Clontarf, CA	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Coldwater, CA	all-time rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Welland, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Pakala, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Chatham, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Gabriels, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Matamoras, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1938	Tribes Hill, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1938	Pleasantville 1 N, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1938	Chamarajnagar, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1938	Avon, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1938	Boreli, IN	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1938	Tiptur, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 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

1793 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1938. 1938 had 394 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	262
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1