Weather Records on 12 November 1938

529 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1938. Highest significance: Manoharpur, IN.

Key Facts for 12 November 1938

On 12 November 1938, 529 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
225 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 521 daily.
Manoharpur set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 12 November 1938.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

529 stations

529 station records on 12 November 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aijal	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rangia	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

529 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 November 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 November 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 521.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1938

Top 20 records on 12 November 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1938	Manoharpur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1938	Golaghat, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1938	Aijal, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1938	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1938	Oxford, GB	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1938	Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1938	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1938	Daflating, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1938	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1938	Crow Agency, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1938	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1938	Dullabcherra, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1938	Sadiya India, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1938	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1938	Amguri, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1938	Sairang, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1938	Dibrugarh Obsy, IN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1938	Imphal (C.Hosp), IN	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1938	Margherita, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1938	Moran India, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	30 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

1802 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1938. 1938 had 529 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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	394
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	5