Dayton Weather in 1938

Historical record of Dayton, Ohio weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Dayton Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	July 11
Lowest temperature	5 °F	January 29
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 15
Lowest daily high	21 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	November 17
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	46.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	10.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Dayton in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Dayton, Ohio in 1938 was 93 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Dayton in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Jul 11
1	93 °F	Jul 8
3	91 °F	Aug 14
3	91 °F	Aug 10
3	91 °F	Aug 4
3	91 °F	Jul 27
7	90 °F	Sep 4
7	90 °F	Aug 16
7	90 °F	Aug 6
7	90 °F	Jul 28
7	90 °F	Jul 10
7	90 °F	Jul 7
7	90 °F	Jun 24

What was the coldest temperature in Dayton in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Dayton, Ohio in 1938 was 5 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Dayton in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	January 29
1	5 °F	January 28
3	7 °F	January 26
4	8 °F	December 28
5	9 °F	January 27
6	10 °F	December 29
6	10 °F	January 10
6	10 °F	January 9
9	12 °F	November 28
9	12 °F	November 27

January 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	44	32	0.00	0.0
January 2	33	23	0.00	0.0
January 3	38	20	0.00	0.0
January 4	41	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	46	24	0.00	0.0
January 6	49	28	0.00	0.0
January 7	30	n/a	0.00	0.0
January 8	n/a	20	0.00	0.0
January 9	34	10	0.02	0.7
January 10	35	10	0.04	0.0
January 11	41	31	0.00	0.0
January 12	40	34	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 14	38	23	0.00	0.0
January 15	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 16	42	26	0.00	0.0
January 17	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 18	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 19	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 20	44	21	0.12	0.0
January 21	45	26	0.13	0.0
January 22	50	36	0.00	0.0
January 23	50	34	0.25	0.0
January 24	60	n/a	0.19	0.5
January 25	n/a	n/a	0.02	0.3
January 26	n/a	7	0.02	0.3
January 27	21	9	0.00	0.0
January 28	30	5	0.00	0.0
January 29	49	5	0.12	0.0
January 30	47	n/a	0.31	0.2
January 31	n/a	21	0.22	0.0

February 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	13	0.00	0.0
February 2	49	14	0.06	0.0
February 3	54	32	0.00	0.0
February 4	43	31	0.00	0.0
February 5	61	32	0.00	0.0
February 6	57	43	0.15	0.0
February 7	44	37	0.00	0.0
February 8	58	32	0.00	0.0
February 9	63	36	0.00	0.0
February 10	39	37	0.41	0.0
February 11	43	32	0.02	0.0
February 12	57	35	0.03	0.0
February 13	70	41	0.00	0.0
February 14	49	n/a	0.00	0.0
February 15	n/a	24	0.00	0.0
February 16	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	55	25	0.37	0.0
February 18	55	n/a	0.44	0.0
February 19	n/a	n/a	1.00	3.5
February 20	n/a	30	0.00	0.0
February 21	37	24	0.16	0.0
February 22	45	26	0.08	0.0
February 23	37	34	0.00	0.0
February 24	36	30	0.00	0.0
February 25	34	23	0.04	0.5
February 26	38	24	0.01	0.0
February 27	42	n/a	0.00	0.0
February 28	n/a	16	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	47	16	0.00	0.0
March 2	48	24	0.04	0.0
March 3	31	28	0.00	0.0
March 4	59	19	0.07	0.0
March 5	65	23	0.62	0.0
March 6	31	29	0.00	0.0
March 7	45	28	0.00	0.0
March 8	50	28	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	29	0.18	0.5
March 10	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	47	31	0.04	0.0
March 12	61	35	0.00	0.0
March 13	56	37	1.60	0.0
March 14	46	45	0.13	0.0
March 15	59	33	1.13	0.0
March 16	72	36	0.06	0.0
March 17	46	41	0.00	0.0
March 18	58	36	0.00	0.0
March 19	70	39	0.00	0.0
March 20	68	41	0.00	0.0
March 21	75	45	0.00	0.0
March 22	81	47	0.32	0.0
March 23	64	n/a	0.38	0.0
March 24	n/a	34	0.00	0.0
March 25	63	36	0.13	0.0
March 26	56	43	0.00	0.0
March 27	58	33	0.00	0.0
March 28	65	35	0.02	0.0
March 29	73	37	0.01	0.0
March 30	69	55	1.79	0.0
March 31	66	n/a	0.01	0.0

April 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	n/a	39	0.02
April 2	38	34	0.00
April 3	50	30	0.02
April 4	50	33	0.00
April 5	50	31	0.19
April 6	39	34	1.43
April 7	41	34	0.65
April 8	59	35	0.16
April 9	42	32	0.01
April 10	54	33	0.00
April 11	64	34	0.00
April 12	71	46	0.00
April 13	76	52	0.00
April 14	79	52	0.00
April 15	76	59	0.00
April 16	75	53	0.00
April 17	78	58	0.00
April 18	73	61	0.20
April 19	80	52	0.00
April 20	63	57	0.00
April 21	68	42	0.00
April 22	58	44	0.00
April 23	60	36	0.00
April 24	74	42	0.00
April 25	73	51	0.00
April 26	81	50	0.00
April 27	84	57	0.00
April 28	80	64	0.04
April 29	67	55	0.00
April 30	63	52	0.00

May 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	40	0.00
May 2	82	45	0.00
May 3	86	56	0.00
May 4	85	60	0.00
May 5	81	68	0.00
May 6	75	54	0.00
May 7	76	48	0.00
May 8	79	58	0.08
May 9	62	43	0.01
May 10	67	49	0.00
May 11	56	43	0.03
May 12	59	35	0.00
May 13	66	36	0.34
May 14	55	47	0.51
May 15	62	46	0.10
May 16	69	45	0.00
May 17	64	49	1.14
May 18	75	55	0.30
May 19	84	62	1.05
May 20	83	68	1.52
May 21	80	63	0.84
May 22	73	55	0.52
May 23	79	60	1.37
May 24	62	55	0.00
May 25	74	48	0.00
May 26	79	53	0.22
May 27	82	62	0.64
May 28	80	60	0.03
May 29	73	61	0.36
May 30	74	63	0.00
May 31	75	58	0.00

June 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	63	0.50
June 2	76	64	0.00
June 3	79	64	0.00
June 4	79	65	0.00
June 5	75	62	0.00
June 6	85	59	0.10
June 7	72	65	0.17
June 8	75	55	0.00
June 9	79	56	0.16
June 10	78	64	0.05
June 11	87	69	1.22
June 12	72	66	0.34
June 13	74	55	0.00
June 14	79	54	0.00
June 15	86	59	0.00
June 16	84	71	0.00
June 17	79	62	0.00
June 18	81	61	0.00
June 19	80	64	0.00
June 20	80	60	0.00
June 21	85	60	0.00
June 22	88	63	0.00
June 23	89	67	0.00
June 24	90	72	1.05
June 25	87	72	0.92
June 26	79	67	0.38
June 27	70	54	0.00
June 28	71	54	0.00
June 29	70	53	0.00
June 30	80	57	0.23

July 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	76	68	0.28
July 2	82	68	0.28
July 3	80	64	0.00
July 4	78	58	0.00
July 5	81	58	0.00
July 6	86	58	0.00
July 7	90	68	0.00
July 8	93	70	0.32
July 9	87	70	0.00
July 10	90	69	0.00
July 11	93	71	0.00
July 12	87	71	0.00
July 13	82	68	1.83
July 14	82	67	0.02
July 15	80	62	0.00
July 16	84	61	0.00
July 17	85	69	0.82
July 18	77	65	0.00
July 19	83	62	0.00
July 20	87	65	0.00
July 21	85	67	0.15
July 22	85	65	0.00
July 23	86	66	0.00
July 24	84	72	0.00
July 25	89	63	0.00
July 26	89	66	0.01
July 27	91	71	0.02
July 28	90	72	0.20
July 29	80	68	0.00
July 30	81	60	0.89
July 31	76	68	1.08

August 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	68	0.07
August 2	86	68	0.00
August 3	88	70	0.00
August 4	91	75	0.33
August 5	82	72	0.00
August 6	90	71	0.59
August 7	88	71	0.31
August 8	87	71	0.00
August 9	89	72	0.00
August 10	91	75	0.08
August 11	84	74	0.00
August 12	79	63	0.00
August 13	86	61	0.00
August 14	91	65	0.00
August 15	89	76	0.00
August 16	90	75	0.01
August 17	80	75	0.00
August 18	83	61	0.00
August 19	84	62	0.00
August 20	86	62	0.00
August 21	79	68	0.05
August 22	83	65	0.00
August 23	88	60	0.02
August 24	81	66	0.00
August 25	78	57	0.00
August 26	85	61	0.00
August 27	81	60	0.00
August 28	80	62	0.00
August 29	84	58	0.00
August 30	85	61	0.00
August 31	83	61	0.00

September 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	60	0.00
September 2	74	55	0.00
September 3	87	58	0.00
September 4	90	62	0.00
September 5	87	61	0.00
September 6	87	60	0.00
September 7	89	64	0.00
September 8	79	67	0.00
September 9	82	64	0.19
September 10	72	65	1.15
September 11	80	65	0.00
September 12	88	66	0.73
September 13	79	70	1.19
September 14	83	n/a	0.73
September 15	n/a	64	0.00
September 16	65	58	0.14
September 17	69	57	0.00
September 18	68	58	0.09
September 19	63	49	0.00
September 20	59	50	0.00
September 21	59	48	0.00
September 22	67	50	0.00
September 23	78	52	0.00
September 24	80	56	0.00
September 25	79	58	0.00
September 26	83	59	0.00
September 27	76	63	0.00
September 28	74	54	0.00
September 29	70	52	0.00
September 30	67	47	0.00

October 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	43	0.00
October 2	65	42	0.00
October 3	68	44	0.00
October 4	71	43	0.00
October 5	74	45	0.00
October 6	57	55	0.00
October 7	67	35	0.00
October 8	73	38	0.00
October 9	72	48	0.00
October 10	74	45	0.00
October 11	80	47	0.00
October 12	81	52	0.25
October 13	72	59	0.00
October 14	72	42	0.00
October 15	78	44	0.00
October 16	79	51	0.00
October 17	78	48	0.00
October 18	79	46	0.00
October 19	65	49	0.19
October 20	52	44	0.03
October 21	61	40	0.00
October 22	73	41	0.00
October 23	72	43	0.44
October 24	53	38	0.00
October 25	63	38	0.00
October 26	69	40	0.00
October 27	55	44	0.00
October 28	55	33	0.00
October 29	63	34	0.00
October 30	61	37	0.00
October 31	60	32	0.00

November 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	69	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	76	37	0.00	0.0
November 3	75	48	0.00	0.0
November 4	73	46	0.30	0.0
November 5	67	50	0.00	0.0
November 6	70	39	0.13	0.0
November 7	76	n/a	0.52	0.0
November 8	n/a	35	0.00	0.0
November 9	48	30	0.00	0.0
November 10	64	28	0.00	0.0
November 11	67	31	0.00	0.0
November 12	72	42	0.20	0.0
November 13	62	n/a	0.00	0.0
November 14	n/a	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	52	33	0.00	0.0
November 16	55	30	0.00	0.0
November 17	65	33	2.30	0.0
November 18	59	47	0.93	0.0
November 19	53	42	0.00	0.0
November 20	54	34	0.00	0.0
November 21	60	34	0.00	0.0
November 22	45	n/a	0.20	1.5
November 23	n/a	30	0.00	0.0
November 24	32	29	0.00	0.0
November 25	31	18	0.02	0.2
November 26	34	19	0.10	0.5
November 27	22	12	0.00	0.0
November 28	35	12	0.00	0.0
November 29	45	19	0.00	0.0
November 30	55	30	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Dayton Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	55	29	0.03	0.0
December 3	55	40	0.30	0.0
December 4	57	40	0.04	0.0
December 5	50	43	0.00	0.0
December 6	43	37	0.00	0.0
December 7	49	36	0.01	0.0
December 8	51	36	0.00	0.0
December 9	50	37	0.00	0.0
December 10	48	35	0.00	0.0
December 11	52	35	0.00	0.0
December 12	38	36	0.00	0.0
December 13	37	26	0.00	0.0
December 14	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 15	34	20	0.00	0.0
December 16	43	18	0.00	0.0
December 17	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 18	40	21	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 20	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	31	0.00	0.0
December 22	35	23	0.23	0.0
December 23	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 24	41	32	0.00	0.0
December 25	37	31	0.00	0.0
December 26	37	n/a	0.59	1.5
December 27	n/a	16	0.00	0.0
December 28	28	8	0.00	0.0
December 29	32	10	0.05	0.5
December 30	22	18	0.00	0.0
December 31	40	15	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Dayton International Airport	location
1893–1947	Dayton	location