Weather Records on 13 December 1938

89 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1938. Highest significance: Uppsala_Aut, SE.

Key Facts for 13 December 1938

On 13 December 1938, 89 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 88 daily.
Uppsala_Aut set a daily record high minimum temperature of 1.8 C (35.2 F) on 13 December 1938.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

89 stations

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

Weather records on 13 December 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ettrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

89 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 19, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 13 December 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 13 December 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 88.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

74 broken records

Margins by which the 74 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 25.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1938

Top 20 records on 13 December 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1938	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	1.8 C (35.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Uccle, BE	daily high max	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Brocken, DE	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Umea, SE	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	52 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Bradshaw Homestead, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Verhojansk, RU	daily high min	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Holy Cross, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Uccle, BE	daily high min	10.9 C (51.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Stockholm, SE	daily high min	2.4 C (36.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Eureka, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Sitka Magnetic Obsy, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Biskra, DZ	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	5 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Durham, GB	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Warralong, AU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 December 1938	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	12 years	17 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

1796 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1938. 1938 had 89 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	485
2024	296
2025	1,344

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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 5	63
5 to 10	4
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	2