Weather Records on 15 November 1938

221 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1938. Highest significance: Peddie (Mag), ZA.

Key Facts for 15 November 1938

On 15 November 1938, 221 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 221 daily.
Peddie (Mag) set a daily record precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 15 November 1938.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

221 stations

221 station records on 15 November 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cadelga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonari	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huxley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

221 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 November 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 November 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1938

Top 20 records on 15 November 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1938	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1938	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1938	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1938	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1938	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1938	Elandshoek, Boston, ZA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1938	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1938	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1938	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1938	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1938	Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1938	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1938	Mount Coke (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1938	Dibrugarh Obsy, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1938	Menasha, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1938	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1938	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1938	Putbus, DE	daily high max	13.1 C (55.6 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1938	Fountain Head, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 November 1938	Esquimalt, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	28 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 221 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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 10	144
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1