Weather Records on 23 October 1938

403 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 October 1938. Highest significance: Port Augusta Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 23 October 1938

On 23 October 1938, 403 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 363 daily.
Port Augusta Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 23 October 1938.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

403 stations

403 station records on 23 October 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 October 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bookaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eurugabah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Norrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Booyoolee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Thackaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Siam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Amyton (Pinda Section 63)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Youhl Plain Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchelville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton (Shoal View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pandappa Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

403 records

Records set or tied on 23 October 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 273, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 October 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 October 1938 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 38, daily 363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 October 1938

Top 20 records on 23 October 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 October 1938	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1938	Bookaloo, AU	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 October 1938	Carrieton (Yanyarrie), AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Eurugabah Station, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Whyalla (Norrie), AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Melrose, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Gladstone (Booyoolee), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Thackaringa, AU	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Boolcoomatta, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Port Broughton, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Coondambo, AU	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Quorn (Olive Grove), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Carrieton (Yackara), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Woomera (Arcoona), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 October 1938	Hammond, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)

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 403 records.

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

Records on 10-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1843	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1859	2
1861	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	1
1880	7
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	3
1893	3
1894	5
1895	4
1896	2
1897	3
1898	5
1899	4
1900	8
1901	7
1902	7
1903	10
1904	7
1905	15
1906	17
1907	5
1908	19
1909	12
1910	6
1911	40
1912	50
1913	38
1914	9
1915	167
1916	290
1917	62
1918	12
1919	42
1920	262
1921	58
1922	38
1923	165
1924	160
1925	191
1926	131
1927	266
1928	120
1929	352
1930	310
1931	353
1932	310
1933	241
1934	333
1935	519
1936	490
1937	816
1938	403
1939	717
1940	304
1941	499
1942	306
1943	446
1944	283
1945	533
1946	258
1947	631
1948	251
1949	432
1950	507
1951	626
1952	432
1953	373
1954	317
1955	266
1956	587
1957	1,266
1958	255
1959	682
1960	341
1961	329
1962	141
1963	1,297
1964	264
1965	330
1966	625
1967	297
1968	175
1969	1,200
1970	617
1971	705
1972	601
1973	712
1974	653
1975	1,028
1976	879
1977	578
1978	570
1979	1,094
1980	584
1981	1,502
1982	1,071
1983	853
1984	1,261
1985	846
1986	968
1987	694
1988	619
1989	1,363
1990	954
1991	1,232
1992	1,176
1993	670
1994	558
1995	1,471
1996	1,396
1997	1,172
1998	1,221
1999	1,011
2000	1,275
2001	1,091
2002	1,868
2003	1,952
2004	1,224
2005	679
2006	1,976
2007	1,673
2008	993
2009	838
2010	683
2011	701
2012	1,017
2013	754
2014	755
2015	760
2016	460
2017	603
2018	322
2019	459
2020	1,777
2021	298
2022	1,342
2023	544
2024	674
2025	343

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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	304
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1