Chapel Hill Weather in 1938

Historical record of Chapel Hill, North Carolina weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Chapel Hill Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 16
Lowest temperature	14 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 17
Lowest daily high	31 °F	January 28
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	July 24
Most daily snow	1.5 inches	November 25
Total annual precipitation	45.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	3.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Chapel Hill in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1938 was 98 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Chapel Hill in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Aug 16
1	98 °F	Aug 15
3	97 °F	Aug 17
4	96 °F	Aug 24
5	95 °F	Sep 14
5	95 °F	Aug 14
5	95 °F	Aug 11
5	95 °F	Aug 10
5	95 °F	Jul 18
5	95 °F	Jul 17
5	95 °F	May 4

What was the coldest temperature in Chapel Hill in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1938 was 14 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Chapel Hill in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	14 °F	January 28
2	16 °F	January 27
3	19 °F	November 28
4	21 °F	January 29
5	22 °F	December 28
5	22 °F	November 27
7	24 °F	December 20
7	24 °F	November 26
7	24 °F	January 10
10	25 °F	December 23
10	25 °F	November 29
10	25 °F	January 16

January 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	68	48	0.00	0.0
January 2	64	38	0.69	0.0
January 3	52	32	0.00	0.0
January 4	59	30	0.00	0.0
January 5	59	30	0.00	0.0
January 6	52	30	0.07	0.0
January 7	58	43	1.52	0.0
January 8	53	34	0.00	0.0
January 9	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 10	44	24	0.00	0.0
January 11	46	32	0.40	1.0
January 12	45	33	0.01	0.0
January 13	49	33	0.00	0.0
January 14	40	28	0.00	0.0
January 15	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 16	51	25	0.00	0.0
January 17	66	45	0.00	0.0
January 18	62	38	0.00	0.0
January 19	38	30	0.01	0.0
January 20	41	31	0.01	0.0
January 21	50	33	0.00	0.0
January 22	58	49	0.08	0.0
January 23	62	40	0.00	0.0
January 24	64	40	0.46	0.0
January 25	63	45	0.03	0.0
January 26	46	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 27	33	16	0.00	0.0
January 28	31	14	0.00	0.0
January 29	56	21	0.00	0.0
January 30	57	36	0.00	0.0
January 31	57	45	0.41	0.0

February 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	46	29	0.00
February 2	53	28	0.00
February 3	67	41	0.00
February 4	69	42	0.00
February 5	66	47	0.00
February 6	66	55	0.03
February 7	64	50	0.00
February 8	62	31	0.00
February 9	n/a	38	0.00
February 10	76	51	0.00
February 11	69	37	0.22
February 12	45	35	0.00
February 13	60	41	0.00
February 14	79	n/a	0.00
February 15	63	39	0.00
February 16	52	37	0.11
February 17	55	39	0.00
February 18	70	47	0.00
February 19	70	62	0.15
February 20	70	37	0.01
February 21	55	40	0.00
February 22	56	35	0.00
February 23	n/a	47	0.14
February 24	59	38	0.62
February 25	45	31	0.00
February 26	41	30	0.01
February 27	59	36	0.00
February 28	56	33	0.00

March 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	58	26	0.00
March 2	64	36	0.00
March 3	65	51	0.24
March 4	54	32	0.02
March 5	69	38	0.00
March 6	73	57	0.09
March 7	65	32	0.00
March 8	69	36	0.00
March 9	70	40	0.00
March 10	62	45	1.01
March 11	55	30	0.00
March 12	63	32	0.00
March 13	72	41	0.00
March 14	74	55	0.00
March 15	72	48	0.00
March 16	60	44	0.72
March 17	72	54	0.00
March 18	67	47	0.00
March 19	79	41	0.00
March 20	74	57	0.17
March 21	81	52	0.00
March 22	85	52	0.00
March 23	82	61	0.00
March 24	78	58	0.00
March 25	68	40	0.00
March 26	80	46	0.00
March 27	77	53	0.12
March 28	67	40	0.00
March 29	71	43	0.00
March 30	83	61	0.02
March 31	84	63	0.00

April 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	78	64	0.21
April 2	66	47	0.25
April 3	55	34	0.00
April 4	69	37	0.00
April 5	75	41	0.00
April 6	76	44	0.00
April 7	70	42	1.17
April 8	47	41	0.47
April 9	57	44	0.48
April 10	n/a	34	0.00
April 11	70	33	0.00
April 12	76	44	0.00
April 13	81	49	0.00
April 14	84	52	0.00
April 15	82	58	0.00
April 16	85	57	0.00
April 17	81	56	0.00
April 18	75	61	0.03
April 19	84	54	0.00
April 20	85	60	0.07
April 21	79	61	0.00
April 22	71	56	0.68
April 23	63	44	0.07
April 24	70	37	0.00
April 25	82	42	0.00
April 26	86	54	0.00
April 27	84	55	0.00
April 28	84	57	0.00
April 29	87	59	0.00
April 30	80	56	0.00

May 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	80	51	0.00
May 2	87	51	0.00
May 3	91	62	0.00
May 4	95	65	0.00
May 5	90	61	0.00
May 6	88	61	0.00
May 7	89	62	0.00
May 8	85	65	0.00
May 9	80	63	0.00
May 10	76	50	0.00
May 11	78	53	0.00
May 12	70	50	0.00
May 13	67	51	1.27
May 14	75	53	1.05
May 15	73	54	0.14
May 16	74	52	0.00
May 17	80	49	0.00
May 18	79	62	0.06
May 19	84	63	0.00
May 20	94	67	0.05
May 21	92	66	0.00
May 22	88	64	0.02
May 23	92	65	0.13
May 24	84	67	0.99
May 25	77	59	0.07
May 26	69	57	0.37
May 27	77	59	0.16
May 28	82	59	0.00
May 29	78	62	0.00
May 30	74	59	0.06
May 31	71	51	0.00

June 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	48	0.00
June 2	77	58	0.00
June 3	74	63	0.91
June 4	84	53	0.00
June 5	87	63	0.00
June 6	91	61	0.13
June 7	89	67	0.00
June 8	84	65	0.66
June 9	83	63	0.00
June 10	88	70	0.01
June 11	90	71	0.13
June 12	92	70	0.06
June 13	81	67	0.00
June 14	81	57	0.00
June 15	84	56	0.00
June 16	87	62	0.01
June 17	93	64	0.00
June 18	89	66	1.14
June 19	90	66	1.27
June 20	91	67	0.68
June 21	73	65	0.17
June 22	84	65	0.05
June 23	87	64	0.00
June 24	90	66	0.00
June 25	88	61	0.20
June 26	87	68	0.00
June 27	87	71	0.17
June 28	80	62	0.80
June 29	78	58	0.00
June 30	82	55	0.00

July 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	61	0.00
July 2	85	70	0.00
July 3	78	70	0.80
July 4	82	60	0.00
July 5	83	61	0.00
July 6	88	60	0.00
July 7	90	65	0.00
July 8	n/a	64	0.00
July 9	92	67	0.00
July 10	90	71	0.12
July 11	92	71	0.26
July 12	89	67	1.06
July 13	93	71	0.00
July 14	90	70	0.37
July 15	89	69	0.00
July 16	94	67	0.00
July 17	95	71	0.00
July 18	95	73	0.28
July 19	86	70	0.70
July 20	85	69	0.43
July 21	88	68	0.97
July 22	81	69	0.15
July 23	84	69	0.21
July 24	78	69	2.03
July 25	73	70	0.67
July 26	78	63	1.19
July 27	92	66	0.00
July 28	93	70	0.00
July 29	90	71	0.00
July 30	88	71	0.00
July 31	90	70	0.00

August 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	73	0.00
August 2	91	71	0.02
August 3	90	72	0.42
August 4	93	72	0.00
August 5	93	70	0.47
August 6	90	71	0.03
August 7	90	71	0.02
August 8	89	72	0.00
August 9	93	73	0.00
August 10	95	71	0.00
August 11	95	74	0.00
August 12	92	73	0.00
August 13	91	69	0.00
August 14	95	67	0.00
August 15	98	71	0.00
August 16	98	73	0.00
August 17	97	75	0.00
August 18	94	70	0.61
August 19	87	66	0.00
August 20	88	61	0.00
August 21	90	63	0.00
August 22	94	67	0.00
August 23	94	65	0.00
August 24	96	68	0.00
August 25	90	68	0.00
August 26	92	63	0.00
August 27	93	69	0.00
August 28	90	69	0.00
August 29	86	68	0.00
August 30	92	64	0.00
August 31	91	64	0.00

September 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	93	64	0.46
September 2	86	67	0.06
September 3	84	70	0.30
September 4	90	68	0.00
September 5	94	66	0.00
September 6	91	67	0.00
September 7	88	64	0.08
September 8	90	71	0.00
September 9	79	62	0.00
September 10	77	55	0.00
September 11	72	60	0.00
September 12	83	64	0.00
September 13	90	68	0.00
September 14	95	69	0.00
September 15	93	73	0.00
September 16	85	67	0.00
September 17	85	64	0.01
September 18	88	64	0.01
September 19	83	65	1.09
September 20	67	59	1.83
September 21	72	51	0.00
September 22	74	46	0.00
September 23	82	49	0.00
September 24	87	58	0.00
September 25	83	59	0.00
September 26	75	57	0.00
September 27	75	61	0.00
September 28	85	63	0.00
September 29	79	65	0.09
September 30	68	61	0.57

October 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	50	0.10
October 2	67	48	0.00
October 3	68	43	0.00
October 4	70	42	0.00
October 5	83	45	0.00
October 6	86	55	0.00
October 7	86	51	0.00
October 8	73	38	0.00
October 9	84	51	0.00
October 10	77	51	0.00
October 11	78	46	0.00
October 12	72	48	0.00
October 13	77	50	0.00
October 14	81	51	0.00
October 15	78	55	0.00
October 16	77	53	0.00
October 17	84	54	0.00
October 18	90	54	0.00
October 19	89	54	0.00
October 20	87	60	0.00
October 21	78	45	0.19
October 22	71	38	0.00
October 23	69	44	0.00
October 24	67	58	0.70
October 25	68	41	0.00
October 26	76	40	0.00
October 27	68	48	0.00
October 28	64	43	0.10
October 29	62	50	0.05
October 30	71	48	0.00
October 31	70	43	0.00

November 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	76	41	0.00	n/a
November 2	80	43	0.00	n/a
November 3	75	46	0.00	n/a
November 4	77	51	0.00	n/a
November 5	79	61	0.49	n/a
November 6	78	64	0.09	n/a
November 7	78	58	0.00	n/a
November 8	78	55	0.00	n/a
November 9	70	37	0.06	n/a
November 10	64	40	0.00	n/a
November 11	74	46	0.00	n/a
November 12	79	44	0.00	n/a
November 13	79	48	0.00	n/a
November 14	73	55	0.00	n/a
November 15	66	38	0.00	n/a
November 16	60	38	0.00	n/a
November 17	68	44	0.00	n/a
November 18	80	60	0.00	n/a
November 19	74	60	0.40	n/a
November 20	72	46	1.99	n/a
November 21	65	33	0.00	n/a
November 22	75	50	0.00	n/a
November 23	69	52	0.00	n/a
November 24	63	46	0.07	n/a
November 25	48	26	0.55	1.5
November 26	38	24	0.14	1.0
November 27	42	22	0.00	n/a
November 28	45	19	0.00	n/a
November 29	57	25	0.00	n/a
November 30	66	32	0.00	n/a

December 1938 Chapel Hill Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	63	34	n/a
December 2	54	33	n/a
December 3	47	32	0.11
December 4	63	37	0.09
December 5	62	54	0.89
December 6	54	38	0.19
December 7	60	31	n/a
December 8	59	32	n/a
December 9	62	45	0.31
December 10	54	35	0.03
December 11	64	31	n/a
December 12	70	46	n/a
December 13	64	41	n/a
December 14	57	30	n/a
December 15	53	33	n/a
December 16	45	26	n/a
December 17	50	33	n/a
December 18	50	37	n/a
December 19	49	36	n/a
December 20	51	24	n/a
December 21	54	39	0.04
December 22	46	27	n/a
December 23	52	25	n/a
December 24	51	40	0.35
December 25	57	31	n/a
December 26	51	36	0.30
December 27	59	43	0.94
December 28	45	22	n/a
December 29	n/a	n/a	n/a
December 30	50	26	n/a
December 31	57	28	n/a

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1891–2024	Chapel Hill 2W	location