Weather Records on 9 November 1938

360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 November 1938. Highest significance: Tsomo (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 9 November 1938

On 9 November 1938, 360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 358 daily.
Tsomo (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 9 November 1938.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

360 stations

360 station records on 9 November 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 November 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muriel Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albert (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laingsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

360 records

Records set or tied on 9 November 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 133, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 9 November 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	133
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 9 November 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 November 1938

Top 20 records on 9 November 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 November 1938	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1938	Lissadell, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1938	Guhagar, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1938	Muriel Tank, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1938	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1938	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 November 1938	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Devrukh, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Hughenden, ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Hambantota, LK	daily high max	35.5 C (95.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Mundargi, IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Dapoli, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Pekisko, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Albert (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Oxford, GB	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	New Braunfels, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 November 1938	Port Dover, CA	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	58 years	23 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

1794 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 360 records.

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

Records on 11-09 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1828	1
1835	1
1849	1
1856	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	2
1875	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	20
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	3
1900	2
1901	2
1902	6
1903	3
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	3
1908	13
1909	11
1910	8
1911	15
1912	12
1913	50
1914	45
1915	34
1916	45
1917	121
1918	19
1919	76
1920	96
1921	176
1922	21
1923	191
1924	89
1925	224
1926	341
1927	213
1928	81
1929	120
1930	280
1931	997
1932	308
1933	652
1934	442
1935	276
1936	368
1937	354
1938	360
1939	346
1940	611
1941	604
1942	384
1943	521
1944	299
1945	1,211
1946	773
1947	499
1948	439
1949	310
1950	903
1951	506
1952	471
1953	483
1954	675
1955	605
1956	426
1957	341
1958	460
1959	309
1960	488
1961	382
1962	611
1963	362
1964	374
1965	227
1966	1,529
1967	629
1968	681
1969	508
1970	603
1971	887
1972	432
1973	996
1974	430
1975	1,339
1976	1,154
1977	1,361
1978	726
1979	815
1980	916
1981	883
1982	1,189
1983	872
1984	920
1985	1,472
1986	1,766
1987	614
1988	588
1989	967
1990	994
1991	2,382
1992	929
1993	715
1994	885
1995	1,304
1996	1,262
1997	774
1998	1,214
1999	2,238
2000	2,444
2001	811
2002	872
2003	732
2004	874
2005	1,655
2006	1,236
2007	744
2008	523
2009	714
2010	1,201
2011	1,082
2012	927
2013	451
2014	475
2015	976
2016	1,247
2017	413
2018	1,217
2019	921
2020	2,410
2021	413
2022	1,489
2023	637
2024	839
2025	499

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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	292
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1