Weather Records on 22 October 1938

133 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1938. Highest significance: Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US.

Key Facts for 22 October 1938

On 22 October 1938, 133 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 127 daily.
Spooner Ag Rsch STN set a monthly record daily snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 22 October 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

133 stations

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

Weather records on 22 October 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Horseshoe Ranges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie (Neathvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lanka	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taylors Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fanny Cove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barauli	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie (Curtforth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

133 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 22 October 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 October 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

119 broken records

Margins by which the 119 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1938

Top 20 records on 22 October 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1938	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1938	Horseshoe Ranges, AU	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1938	Escanaba, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1938	Long Lake Dam, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1938	Ishpeming, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1938	Terowie (Neathvale), AU	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1938	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1938	Maple Plain, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1938	Boolcoomatta, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1938	Rhinelander, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1938	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1938	Woomera (Arcoona), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1938	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1938	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1938	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1938	Ishpeming, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1938	Lanka, IN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1938	Bird Island, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1938	Medford, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 October 1938	Taylors Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	26 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 133 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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 50	112
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1