Weather Records on 19 July 1938

290 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 1938. Highest significance: Mantova, IT.

Key Facts for 19 July 1938

On 19 July 1938, 290 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 280 daily.
Mantova set a daily record precipitation of 62.8 mm (2.5 in) on 19 July 1938.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

290 stations

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

Weather records on 19 July 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rockingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gird	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Muir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gumla	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Inn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dandridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lohar-Daga	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

290 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 171.

Records on 19 July 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 1938 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

236 broken records

Margins by which the 236 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 1938

Top 20 records on 19 July 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1938	Mantova, IT	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1938	Waynesboro, US	monthly rain	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1938	Arad, RO	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1938	Cloudcroft, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1938	Rockingham, US	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1938	Valley Head, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1938	Fulton 3 W, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1938	Mayuram, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1938	Paoli, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1938	Red Lodge, US	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1938	Roanoke, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1938	Lehal, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1938	Hernando, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1938	Wappingers Falls, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1938	Gird, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1938	Harvey Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1938	Weston, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1938	Nawanshahr, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1938	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 July 1938	Cheraw, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19 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

1799 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1938. 1938 had 290 records.

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

Records on 07-19 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1809	1
1811	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1859	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	3
1900	6
1901	4
1902	12
1903	4
1904	15
1905	20
1906	14
1907	19
1908	21
1909	17
1910	49
1911	14
1912	39
1913	48
1914	35
1915	140
1916	234
1917	177
1918	36
1919	34
1920	50
1921	55
1922	121
1923	224
1924	191
1925	153
1926	319
1927	96
1928	148
1929	232
1930	585
1931	269
1932	385
1933	258
1934	765
1935	268
1936	402
1937	227
1938	290
1939	285
1940	338
1941	424
1942	568
1943	276
1944	361
1945	308
1946	485
1947	613
1948	384
1949	762
1950	613
1951	545
1952	541
1953	330
1954	535
1955	343
1956	552
1957	348
1958	481
1959	393
1960	746
1961	402
1962	453
1963	502
1964	534
1965	755
1966	481
1967	560
1968	740
1969	610
1970	545
1971	636
1972	699
1973	538
1974	513
1975	441
1976	824
1977	898
1978	636
1979	964
1980	835
1981	915
1982	676
1983	1,011
1984	1,076
1985	569
1986	810
1987	1,608
1988	995
1989	1,081
1990	954
1991	803
1992	717
1993	847
1994	589
1995	893
1996	1,353
1997	856
1998	1,325
1999	878
2000	1,802
2001	905
2002	985
2003	1,192
2004	1,082
2005	1,049
2006	1,392
2007	1,181
2008	753
2009	1,844
2010	911
2011	1,266
2012	878
2013	1,061
2014	1,207
2015	735
2016	605
2017	495
2018	836
2019	651
2020	409
2021	779
2022	1,143
2023	884
2024	544
2025	600
2026	653

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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	165
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1