Weather Records on 13 November 1938

429 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1938. Highest significance: Anticosti SW Point, CA.

Key Facts for 13 November 1938

On 13 November 1938, 429 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 409 daily.
Anticosti SW Point set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 13 November 1938.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

429 stations

429 station records on 13 November 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 November 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charduar	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

429 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 13 November 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 13 November 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

317 broken records

Margins by which the 317 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 November 1938

Top 20 records on 13 November 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1938	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1938	Dimapur, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1938	Boreli, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Mokakchung, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Uccle, BE	daily high min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Roldal, NO	monthly rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Armagh, GB	daily high max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	18.5 C (65.3 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Pathalipam, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Uccle, BE	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Fort Simpson, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Putbus, DE	daily high max	12.7 C (54.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Jaipur, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 November 1938	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	42 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

1795 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1938. 1938 had 429 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	473
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

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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	303
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1