Weather Records on 1 October 1938

284 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1938. Highest significance: Mandangad, IN.

Key Facts for 1 October 1938

On 1 October 1938, 284 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
199 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 88 monthly and 190 daily.
Mandangad set a monthly record daily precipitation of 265.4 mm (10.4 in) on 1 October 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

284 stations

284 station records on 1 October 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	265.4 mm (10.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chiplun	India	Record daily precipitation	326.6 mm (12.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mudhol	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhor	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ghoda Ambegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jejuri	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alandi	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	346.2 mm (13.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon D-Dhera	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	191.5 mm (7.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flint	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

284 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 78.

Records on 1 October 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1938 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 88, daily 190.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

216 broken records

Margins by which the 216 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1938

Top 20 records on 1 October 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1938	Mandangad, IN	monthly rain	265.4 mm (10.4 in)	166.3 mm (6.5 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1938	Wai, IN	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 October 1938	Paud, IN	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Ratnagiri, IN	monthly rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Mangaon, IN	monthly rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	124.9 mm (4.9 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Junnar, IN	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Chiplun, IN	monthly rain	326.6 mm (12.9 in)	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Khed, IN	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Panchgani, IN	all-time rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Mahad, IN	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Poona, IN	monthly rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Mudhol, IN	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Pusesauli, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Rajapur, IN	daily rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1938	Bhor, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1938	Satara, IN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1938	Chikodi, IN	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1938	Jokkmokk, SE	monthly high max	18.5 C (65.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1938	Prince Albert, CA	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1938	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	31 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

1813 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1938. 1938 had 284 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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	194
25 to 50	14
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1