Weather Records on 11 October 1938

438 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1938. Highest significance: Shujalpur, IN.

Key Facts for 11 October 1938

On 11 October 1938, 438 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
246 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 431 daily.
Shujalpur set a daily record precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 11 October 1938.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

438 stations

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

Weather records on 11 October 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tangi	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dharingbadi	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monierkhal	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atner	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asola	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dongargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boomi (Barwon St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhalda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sanjari	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khairee	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vishnupur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

438 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 182.

Records on 11 October 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 October 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 431.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1938

Top 20 records on 11 October 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1938	Shujalpur, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Nawarangpur, IN	monthly rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Koraput, IN	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Barduar, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Sekoni, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Bungunya School, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Tangi, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Dharingbadi, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Armori, IN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Wallowa, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Wallace, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Warra Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Basoda, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1938	Monierkhal, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1938	Atner, IN	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1938	Dhamtari, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1938	Sonkatch, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1938	Asola, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 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

1793 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1938. 1938 had 438 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	864

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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 20	314
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1