Weather Records on 6 December 1938

267 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1938. Highest significance: Saint Johnsbury, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 1938

On 6 December 1938, 267 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 252 daily.
Saint Johnsbury set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 6 December 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

267 stations

267 station records on 6 December 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Culvers Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

267 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 6 December 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 December 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 252.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

217 broken records

Margins by which the 217 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1938

Top 20 records on 6 December 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1938	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1938	Plymouth, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1938	Augusta, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1938	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1938	Chelsea, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1938	Cornwall, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1938	Beaufort, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Matamoras, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Culvers Lake, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Bloomfield, US	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Rumford, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Hanover, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	W Pt, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Parsons 3 SE, US	monthly high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Escondido, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Sydney, CA	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Jerome, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Lakefield, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1938	Newton, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	24 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

1804 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1938. 1938 had 267 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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Data for records on 1938-12-06: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	187
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1