Weather Records on 19 December 1938

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1938. Highest significance: Kristianstad, SE.

Key Facts for 19 December 1938

On 19 December 1938, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 201 daily.
Kristianstad set a daily record precipitation of 25.2 mm (1.0 in) on 19 December 1938.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 19 December 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht-1	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 31, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 19 December 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 December 1938 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 31, daily 201.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 20.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 December 1938

Top 20 records on 19 December 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1938	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1938	Uccle, BE	monthly low max	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1938	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	82 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1938	Chemnitz, DE	daily low max	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	9.9 C (17.8 F)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1938	Aachen, DE	all-time low max	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1938	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1938	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	Sandvig, DK	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	Wien, AT	daily low max	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	82 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	De Bilt, NL	all-time low max	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	Nurnberg, DE	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	Pomona/Fairplex, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily low max	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low max	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	Regensburg, DE	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily low max	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	Brocken, DE	all-time low max	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	West Souburg, NL	all-time low max	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	Le Bourget, FR	all-time low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 December 1938	Redlands, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	27 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

1793 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1938. 1938 had 237 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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	159
5 to 10	31
10 to 15	4
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	1