Bismarck Weather in 1938

Historical record of Bismarck, North Dakota weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Bismarck Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	August 18
Lowest temperature	-27 °F	December 29
Highest daily low	70 °F	August 13
Lowest daily high	-6 °F	February 14
Most daily precipitation	1.2 inches	July 27
Most daily snow	6.0 inches	November 12
Total annual precipitation	15.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	32.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Bismarck in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1938 was 100 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Bismarck in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Aug 18
1	100 °F	Aug 12
3	97 °F	Aug 2
3	97 °F	Jul 23
5	96 °F	Jun 21
6	95 °F	Aug 1
7	94 °F	Sep 22
8	93 °F	Sep 3
8	93 °F	Aug 17
10	92 °F	Sep 4
10	92 °F	Aug 30
10	92 °F	Aug 27
10	92 °F	Aug 8
10	92 °F	Aug 5
10	92 °F	Jun 13

What was the coldest temperature in Bismarck in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1938 was -27 °F which happened on Dec 29.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Bismarck in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-27 °F	December 29
2	-26 °F	December 30
3	-24 °F	January 30
4	-20 °F	February 18
4	-20 °F	February 17
4	-20 °F	January 31
7	-18 °F	February 21
7	-18 °F	February 14
9	-17 °F	December 27
9	-17 °F	February 19

January 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	19	-3	0.00	0.0
January 2	32	-2	0.00	0.0
January 3	33	8	0.00	0.0
January 4	34	13	0.00	0.0
January 5	31	4	0.00	0.0
January 6	6	5	0.05	0.8
January 7	8	-13	0.00	0.0
January 8	9	-12	0.00	0.0
January 9	34	-6	0.16	1.5
January 10	32	-3	0.03	0.3
January 11	28	18	0.00	0.0
January 12	21	0	0.00	0.0
January 13	22	0	0.01	0.1
January 14	20	1	0.03	0.3
January 15	35	8	0.00	0.0
January 16	29	13	0.00	0.0
January 17	18	16	0.00	0.0
January 18	28	10	0.02	0.2
January 19	26	17	0.00	0.0
January 20	28	14	0.00	0.0
January 21	35	-1	0.00	0.0
January 22	41	5	0.00	0.0
January 23	31	29	0.00	0.0
January 24	29	5	0.00	0.0
January 25	5	-14	0.00	0.0
January 26	8	-13	0.00	0.0
January 27	24	-16	0.01	0.2
January 28	17	-12	0.00	0.0
January 29	4	2	0.20	2.0
January 30	2	-24	0.03	0.3
January 31	1	-20	0.00	0.0

February 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	12	-15	0.00	0.0
February 2	8	2	0.27	3.8
February 3	8	-14	0.09	1.0
February 4	21	-13	0.00	0.0
February 5	23	-3	0.00	0.0
February 6	26	0	0.12	1.2
February 7	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 8	17	6	0.00	0.0
February 9	7	-6	0.00	0.0
February 10	19	-4	0.23	2.0
February 11	23	3	0.00	0.0
February 12	6	4	0.00	0.0
February 13	4	-6	0.08	0.8
February 14	-6	-18	0.00	0.0
February 15	-2	-16	0.03	1.0
February 16	7	-8	0.23	3.0
February 17	-2	-20	0.01	0.1
February 18	5	-20	0.00	0.0
February 19	14	-17	0.00	0.0
February 20	11	-14	0.00	0.0
February 21	17	-18	0.00	0.0
February 22	16	-12	0.00	0.0
February 23	20	-3	0.00	0.0
February 24	34	-1	0.00	0.0
February 25	40	8	0.00	0.0
February 26	42	33	0.00	0.0
February 27	44	31	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	20	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	52	21	0.00	0.0
March 2	n/a	18	0.00	0.0
March 3	19	10	0.00	0.0
March 4	20	13	0.25	2.6
March 5	22	12	0.00	0.0
March 6	25	6	0.00	0.0
March 7	23	8	0.00	0.0
March 8	32	2	0.00	0.0
March 9	45	9	0.00	0.0
March 10	36	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	49	23	0.00	0.0
March 12	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 13	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 14	46	25	0.00	0.0
March 15	57	35	0.04	0.0
March 16	58	30	0.00	0.0
March 17	52	39	0.00	0.0
March 18	52	32	0.00	0.0
March 19	55	32	0.00	0.0
March 20	50	33	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	37	0.00	0.0
March 22	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 23	55	21	0.00	0.0
March 24	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	60	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	65	34	0.00	0.0
March 28	60	33	0.00	0.0
March 29	n/a	40	0.33	0.0
March 30	n/a	23	0.00	0.0
March 31	27	20	0.02	0.2

April 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	26	17	0.00
April 2	44	14	0.00
April 3	35	23	0.00
April 4	35	19	0.00
April 5	35	21	0.00
April 6	37	18	0.00
April 7	45	14	0.00
April 8	51	26	0.00
April 9	67	29	0.00
April 10	67	33	0.00
April 11	65	32	0.00
April 12	72	42	0.00
April 13	62	42	0.00
April 14	67	41	0.00
April 15	68	35	0.00
April 16	74	48	0.10
April 17	68	50	0.00
April 18	79	40	0.00
April 19	57	44	0.09
April 20	53	35	0.00
April 21	57	23	0.00
April 22	72	35	0.00
April 23	62	33	0.00
April 24	60	40	0.00
April 25	62	36	0.04
April 26	65	39	0.71
April 27	45	40	0.00
April 28	61	35	0.00
April 29	77	38	0.00
April 30	82	47	0.00

May 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	50	0.03
May 2	69	50	0.19
May 3	57	42	0.00
May 4	64	37	0.00
May 5	58	42	0.00
May 6	47	28	0.00
May 7	55	23	0.00
May 8	58	28	0.00
May 9	64	28	0.00
May 10	70	35	0.00
May 11	65	42	0.00
May 12	69	40	0.03
May 13	62	50	0.08
May 14	62	47	0.00
May 15	67	39	0.00
May 16	65	44	0.00
May 17	n/a	46	0.41
May 18	49	45	0.42
May 19	49	46	0.04
May 20	60	45	1.00
May 21	68	42	0.16
May 22	67	45	0.00
May 23	59	36	0.02
May 24	68	43	0.00
May 25	74	38	0.00
May 26	66	53	0.05
May 27	75	45	0.00
May 28	85	52	0.00
May 29	65	50	0.00
May 30	62	46	0.00
May 31	77	48	0.02

June 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	53	0.00
June 2	85	44	0.00
June 3	77	57	0.04
June 4	79	46	0.00
June 5	87	53	0.00
June 6	68	52	0.00
June 7	68	45	0.00
June 8	78	38	0.00
June 9	68	57	0.00
June 10	64	41	0.00
June 11	72	42	0.00
June 12	87	42	0.00
June 13	92	64	0.01
June 14	67	61	0.00
June 15	75	49	0.19
June 16	80	49	0.00
June 17	89	53	0.00
June 18	84	63	0.11
June 19	88	64	0.00
June 20	90	66	0.00
June 21	96	63	0.00
June 22	83	67	0.00
June 23	83	63	0.36
June 24	63	57	1.00
June 25	73	50	0.67
June 26	73	48	0.00
June 27	81	57	0.04
June 28	72	59	0.22
June 29	82	57	0.04
June 30	84	66	0.00

July 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	60	0.43
July 2	86	58	0.00
July 3	89	64	0.00
July 4	84	64	0.54
July 5	83	60	0.63
July 6	77	61	0.00
July 7	82	60	0.00
July 8	82	59	0.01
July 9	83	62	0.00
July 10	82	50	0.00
July 11	87	60	0.27
July 12	91	61	0.00
July 13	79	57	0.00
July 14	82	57	0.00
July 15	89	61	0.00
July 16	84	56	0.00
July 17	87	57	0.00
July 18	91	64	0.00
July 19	80	51	0.00
July 20	78	56	0.00
July 21	80	55	0.05
July 22	82	53	0.00
July 23	97	56	0.00
July 24	75	64	0.00
July 25	73	52	0.00
July 26	67	58	0.04
July 27	81	53	1.16
July 28	87	58	0.00
July 29	81	64	0.20
July 30	90	60	0.00
July 31	90	61	0.00

August 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	95	57	0.00
August 2	97	60	0.00
August 3	81	55	0.42
August 4	91	51	0.00
August 5	92	59	0.00
August 6	88	57	0.00
August 7	85	63	0.07
August 8	92	62	0.00
August 9	87	64	0.10
August 10	78	54	0.00
August 11	89	48	0.00
August 12	100	66	0.02
August 13	90	70	0.00
August 14	n/a	59	0.00
August 15	79	50	0.00
August 16	85	48	0.00
August 17	93	49	0.00
August 18	100	68	0.00
August 19	n/a	56	0.00
August 20	76	45	0.05
August 21	91	47	0.00
August 22	90	53	0.00
August 23	73	58	0.00
August 24	83	47	0.00
August 25	76	49	0.00
August 26	87	42	0.00
August 27	92	57	0.01
August 28	83	59	0.01
August 29	84	48	0.00
August 30	92	58	0.04
August 31	83	47	0.00

September 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	45	0.00
September 2	87	54	0.00
September 3	93	63	0.00
September 4	92	52	0.00
September 5	68	60	0.00
September 6	68	58	1.00
September 7	64	60	0.00
September 8	63	56	0.01
September 9	67	55	0.01
September 10	76	52	0.13
September 11	74	52	0.00
September 12	78	49	0.00
September 13	73	59	0.00
September 14	70	52	0.00
September 15	68	38	0.00
September 16	76	42	0.00
September 17	62	46	0.10
September 18	62	32	0.00
September 19	72	30	0.00
September 20	83	39	0.00
September 21	88	44	0.00
September 22	94	53	0.00
September 23	77	59	0.00
September 24	82	47	0.00
September 25	91	59	0.00
September 26	74	57	0.00
September 27	86	44	0.00
September 28	73	44	0.00
September 29	77	44	0.00
September 30	74	40	0.00

October 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	82	47	0.00
October 2	84	43	0.00
October 3	86	48	0.00
October 4	72	54	0.00
October 5	57	47	0.00
October 6	61	47	0.02
October 7	64	44	0.00
October 8	72	36	0.00
October 9	79	48	0.00
October 10	72	49	0.00
October 11	80	49	0.00
October 12	65	50	0.00
October 13	81	42	0.00
October 14	64	34	0.00
October 15	53	39	0.00
October 16	54	39	0.04
October 17	42	39	0.01
October 18	40	32	0.12
October 19	56	29	0.02
October 20	67	35	0.00
October 21	57	43	0.00
October 22	n/a	21	0.00
October 23	53	15	0.00
October 24	65	27	0.00
October 25	64	37	0.00
October 26	62	36	0.00
October 27	79	36	0.00
October 28	57	38	0.00
October 29	62	27	0.00
October 30	73	44	0.00
October 31	51	43	0.00

November 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	49	36	0.00	0.0
November 2	42	36	0.16	0.0
November 3	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 4	50	30	0.00	0.0
November 5	30	22	0.00	0.0
November 6	31	13	0.00	0.0
November 7	41	10	0.00	0.0
November 8	51	17	0.00	0.0
November 9	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 10	34	32	0.00	0.0
November 11	32	22	0.06	0.5
November 12	26	23	0.63	6.0
November 13	23	8	0.00	0.0
November 14	24	-1	0.00	0.0
November 15	39	9	0.00	0.0
November 16	42	14	0.00	0.0
November 17	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 18	41	15	0.00	0.0
November 19	44	30	0.00	0.0
November 20	30	17	0.05	0.5
November 21	17	10	0.11	1.4
November 22	16	-8	0.00	0.0
November 23	12	6	0.00	0.0
November 24	30	-4	0.03	0.2
November 25	13	10	0.00	0.0
November 26	29	-3	0.00	0.0
November 27	35	-1	0.00	0.0
November 28	45	19	0.00	0.0
November 29	39	22	0.00	0.0
November 30	38	20	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Bismarck Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	44	23	0.00	0.0
December 3	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 4	33	24	0.00	0.0
December 5	43	17	0.00	0.0
December 6	41	21	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 8	35	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	49	25	0.00	0.0
December 10	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 11	n/a	19	0.00	0.0
December 12	34	7	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	12	0.00	0.0
December 14	46	20	0.00	0.0
December 15	39	19	0.00	0.0
December 16	27	14	0.00	0.0
December 17	35	15	0.00	0.0
December 18	39	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 20	30	11	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	11	0.00	0.0
December 22	29	16	0.00	0.0
December 23	32	13	0.00	0.0
December 24	38	15	0.08	1.0
December 25	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	n/a	1	0.02	0.2
December 27	1	-17	0.00	0.0
December 28	-3	-16	0.06	1.0
December 29	n/a	-27	0.00	0.0
December 30	18	-26	0.00	0.0
December 31	36	-11	0.02	0.2

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Bismarck	location
1913–1947	Mandan Experimental Station	location