Weather Records on 5 October 1938

375 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1938. Highest significance: Nordby (Fano), DK.

Key Facts for 5 October 1938

On 5 October 1938, 375 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
232 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 334 daily.
Nordby (Fano) set a daily record precipitation of 50.7 mm (2.0 in) on 5 October 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

375 stations

375 station records on 5 October 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keolari	India	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deobhog	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yaval	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dadahor	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wahluke	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Porbandar	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poonch	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moga	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

375 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 106.

Records on 5 October 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 334.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

277 broken records

Margins by which the 277 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1938

Top 20 records on 5 October 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1938	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1938	Khapari, IN	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1938	Keolari, IN	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1938	Eersterivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1938	Cape Town Fire Station, ZA	all-time rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1938	Sonamarg &, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1938	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1938	Karnah, IN	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	Santa Fe, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	61 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	Mahabaleshwar, IN	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	Sikeston, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	Vernon Coldstream Ranch, CA	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	Salur, IN	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	Corning, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	New Burnside, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	Deobhog, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1938	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	40 years	27 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

1795 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1938. 1938 had 375 records.

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

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

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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	241
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1