Weather Records on 25 October 1938

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 October 1938. Highest significance: Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU.

Key Facts for 25 October 1938

On 25 October 1938, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 439 daily.
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street) set a daily record precipitation of 91.4 mm (3.6 in) on 25 October 1938.
Across 163 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 25 October 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 October 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burruer (Illaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Derriwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Unanderra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beecroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tullinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nandoura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 25 October 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 367.

Records on 25 October 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 October 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 October 1938

Top 20 records on 25 October 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 October 1938	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Glenbie, AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Robertson (Caalong Street), AU	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Euabalong (Lachlan St), AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Bogan Gate Post Office, AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Bunnan (Milhaven), AU	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Westbrook, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Burruer (Illaroo), AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Mount Derriwong, AU	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Burrawang South Station, AU	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Sutton Forest (Uralba), AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Dawson (Anda-Vale), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1938	Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	44 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

1800 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1938. 1938 had 461 records.

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

Records on 10-25 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1831	1
1834	1
1840	1
1841	1
1845	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	4
1890	11
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	8
1900	3
1901	3
1902	13
1903	4
1904	10
1905	20
1906	18
1907	14
1908	32
1909	19
1910	15
1911	28
1912	18
1913	51
1914	33
1915	50
1916	19
1917	29
1918	36
1919	73
1920	158
1921	47
1922	210
1923	117
1924	122
1925	297
1926	391
1927	358
1928	104
1929	262
1930	260
1931	317
1932	380
1933	433
1934	983
1935	302
1936	205
1937	328
1938	461
1939	934
1940	491
1941	323
1942	383
1943	321
1944	273
1945	437
1946	460
1947	668
1948	169
1949	761
1950	408
1951	493
1952	331
1953	278
1954	687
1955	573
1956	501
1957	907
1958	285
1959	904
1960	439
1961	237
1962	937
1963	1,115
1964	245
1965	529
1966	347
1967	493
1968	376
1969	462
1970	693
1971	996
1972	409
1973	339
1974	470
1975	1,326
1976	832
1977	824
1978	460
1979	720
1980	967
1981	1,200
1982	1,107
1983	484
1984	1,135
1985	595
1986	665
1987	572
1988	594
1989	1,543
1990	554
1991	1,413
1992	1,208
1993	569
1994	610
1995	667
1996	1,016
1997	2,375
1998	903
1999	1,110
2000	1,469
2001	1,338
2002	1,779
2003	1,215
2004	1,107
2005	1,695
2006	1,165
2007	1,289
2008	722
2009	576
2010	1,240
2011	748
2012	1,267
2013	656
2014	945
2015	499
2016	569
2017	737
2018	402
2019	1,000
2020	3,067
2021	1,081
2022	778
2023	1,254
2024	724
2025	505

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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 25	357
25 to 50	46
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1