Weather Records on 27 December 1938

396 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1938. Highest significance: Altastenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 27 December 1938

On 27 December 1938, 396 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 390 daily.
Altastenberg set a daily record precipitation of 30.1 mm (1.2 in) on 27 December 1938.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

396 stations

396 station records on 27 December 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

396 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 27 December 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 27 December 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 390.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

338 broken records

Margins by which the 338 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1938

Top 20 records on 27 December 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1938	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1938	Ivanhoe, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1938	Mazelspoort Dam, ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1938	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1938	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1938	Regensburg, DE	monthly low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1938	W Branch 3SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Asheville Pearson St, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Greensboro, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Mt Pocono 2 N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Nannilam, IN	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Graz, AT	daily low min	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	54 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Weissenburg, DE	daily low min	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Szombathely, HU	daily low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	9.7 C (17.5 F)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily high min	31.7 C (89.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1938	Ketty, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	7 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 396 records.

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

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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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 25	301
25 to 50	23
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1