Weather Records on 11 November 1938

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 November 1938. Highest significance: Halflong Obsy, IN.

Key Facts for 11 November 1938

On 11 November 1938, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 245 daily.
Halflong Obsy set a daily record precipitation of 115.6 mm (4.6 in) on 11 November 1938.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 11 November 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 November 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aijal	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Graman (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jaffirband	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wofford Hts Kernville	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lanka	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rani(Ranigoda)	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 11 November 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 11 November 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 11 November 1938 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 245.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

202 broken records

Margins by which the 202 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 November 1938

Top 20 records on 11 November 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 November 1938	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1938	Champhai, IN	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1938	Lungleh, IN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1938	Sherkawan, IN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1938	Demagiri, IN	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1938	Agartala, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1938	Gragin, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1938	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1938	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1938	Argyle Downs, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1938	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1938	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1938	Seleng, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1938	Aijal, IN	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1938	Malta, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1938	Graman (Willowie), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1938	Austin #2, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1938	Jaffirband, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1938	Stornoway Airport, GB	monthly high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1938	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	44 years	25 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

1800 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1938. 1938 had 250 records.

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

Records on 11-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1811	2
1813	1
1815	1
1835	1
1837	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1858	2
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	13
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	9
1900	6
1901	11
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	12
1909	26
1910	31
1911	35
1912	17
1913	49
1914	54
1915	34
1916	72
1917	31
1918	25
1919	144
1920	118
1921	129
1922	25
1923	61
1924	343
1925	87
1926	368
1927	365
1928	88
1929	297
1930	202
1931	365
1932	252
1933	391
1934	216
1935	761
1936	479
1937	256
1938	250
1939	198
1940	873
1941	291
1942	235
1943	260
1944	333
1945	693
1946	811
1947	599
1948	305
1949	932
1950	1,035
1951	248
1952	356
1953	396
1954	543
1955	855
1956	587
1957	404
1958	206
1959	496
1960	404
1961	354
1962	324
1963	369
1964	782
1965	471
1966	769
1967	421
1968	737
1969	554
1970	1,330
1971	677
1972	423
1973	963
1974	540
1975	597
1976	644
1977	843
1978	1,558
1979	892
1980	854
1981	809
1982	1,507
1983	1,027
1984	742
1985	1,803
1986	2,470
1987	1,673
1988	685
1989	1,161
1990	1,012
1991	1,307
1992	1,418
1993	840
1994	734
1995	2,065
1996	1,159
1997	1,456
1998	1,442
1999	1,138
2000	1,623
2001	718
2002	1,553
2003	652
2004	1,069
2005	1,076
2006	1,228
2007	686
2008	950
2009	1,072
2010	1,110
2011	621
2012	1,455
2013	426
2014	828
2015	796
2016	766
2017	690
2018	967
2019	905
2020	1,558
2021	805
2022	1,583
2023	409
2024	487
2025	1,123

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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	177
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1