Weather Records on 12 October 1938

470 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1938. Highest significance: Harda, IN.

Key Facts for 12 October 1938

On 12 October 1938, 470 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 451 daily.
Harda set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 12 October 1938.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

470 stations

470 station records on 12 October 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harda	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neemuch	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shahpur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bijawar	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bundi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harsud	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmau	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tendukhera	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tikamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manikpur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Khajwa	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chatarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pachmarhi	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Girwan Naraini	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morena	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

470 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 184.

Records on 12 October 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

371 broken records

Margins by which the 371 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1938

Top 20 records on 12 October 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1938	Harda, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1938	Betul(Badnur), IN	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1938	Jaipur, IN	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1938	Shujalpur, IN	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1938	Hoshangabad, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1938	Makrai, IN	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1938	Neemuch, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1938	River Jordan, CA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1938	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1938	Hatta, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1938	Shahpur, IN	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1938	Sheopur, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1938	Teonthar, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1938	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1938	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1938	Bijawar, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1938	Sohagpur, IN	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1938	Bundi, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1938	Harsud, IN	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1938	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	29 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

1805 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1938. 1938 had 470 records.

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

Records on 10-12 in each year
Year	Records
1805	2
1809	1
1810	1
1814	3
1822	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	5
1879	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	14
1903	16
1904	30
1905	13
1906	16
1907	10
1908	13
1909	30
1910	13
1911	10
1912	30
1913	33
1914	17
1915	34
1916	29
1917	53
1918	29
1919	53
1920	79
1921	102
1922	21
1923	200
1924	129
1925	107
1926	201
1927	195
1928	714
1929	165
1930	606
1931	283
1932	398
1933	155
1934	477
1935	209
1936	301
1937	185
1938	470
1939	198
1940	235
1941	226
1942	540
1943	418
1944	274
1945	321
1946	554
1947	358
1948	311
1949	725
1950	594
1951	391
1952	352
1953	252
1954	911
1955	383
1956	899
1957	473
1958	448
1959	501
1960	449
1961	436
1962	971
1963	459
1964	636
1965	157
1966	423
1967	623
1968	443
1969	1,828
1970	763
1971	382
1972	412
1973	673
1974	369
1975	830
1976	582
1977	832
1978	525
1979	898
1980	741
1981	1,201
1982	777
1983	992
1984	636
1985	872
1986	1,510
1987	1,530
1988	1,015
1989	543
1990	1,325
1991	948
1992	865
1993	1,145
1994	934
1995	1,238
1996	816
1997	1,851
1998	741
1999	641
2000	1,095
2001	1,194
2002	1,139
2003	1,043
2004	750
2005	872
2006	1,357
2007	566
2008	1,669
2009	2,300
2010	797
2011	906
2012	921
2013	558
2014	514
2015	964
2016	374
2017	1,068
2018	1,195
2019	1,321
2020	655
2021	1,294
2022	439
2023	904
2024	958
2025	624
2026	710

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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	282
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	1