Indianapolis Weather in 1938

Historical record of Indianapolis, Indiana weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Indianapolis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	July 26
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 4
Lowest daily high	13 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	July 2
Most daily snow	5.8 inches	November 23
Total annual precipitation	44.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	13.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Indianapolis in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1938 was 99 °F which happened on July 26.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jul 26
2	95 °F	Aug 9
2	95 °F	Aug 7
2	95 °F	Jul 28
2	95 °F	Jul 11
6	94 °F	Aug 10
6	94 °F	Aug 3
6	94 °F	Aug 2
9	93 °F	Aug 8
9	93 °F	Aug 4
9	93 °F	Jul 25

What was the coldest temperature in Indianapolis in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1938 was -5 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Indianapolis in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	January 28
2	0 °F	January 27
3	2 °F	January 9
4	4 °F	January 26
5	5 °F	January 31
5	5 °F	January 25
7	6 °F	December 28
7	6 °F	January 8
9	7 °F	November 27
9	7 °F	November 25
9	7 °F	February 1

January 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 2	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 3	43	14	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	17	0.00	0.0
January 5	47	20	0.00	0.0
January 6	47	26	0.00	0.0
January 7	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 8	19	6	0.00	0.0
January 9	32	2	0.00	0.0
January 10	36	28	0.12	1.2
January 11	38	26	0.02	0.2
January 12	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 13	33	13	0.00	0.0
January 14	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 15	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 16	44	28	0.00	0.0
January 17	44	28	0.00	0.0
January 18	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 19	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 20	38	28	0.00	0.0
January 21	43	35	0.01	0.0
January 22	47	34	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 24	54	33	0.54	0.0
January 25	35	5	0.06	0.6
January 26	13	4	0.02	0.2
January 27	17	0	0.00	0.0
January 28	20	-5	0.00	0.0
January 29	43	16	0.00	0.0
January 30	45	26	0.16	0.0
January 31	27	5	0.00	0.0

February 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	28	7	0.00	0.0
February 2	43	25	0.00	0.0
February 3	42	31	0.04	0.0
February 4	44	26	0.00	0.0
February 5	62	35	0.00	0.0
February 6	58	39	0.01	0.0
February 7	62	30	0.00	0.0
February 8	58	30	0.00	0.0
February 9	60	48	0.00	0.0
February 10	56	33	0.00	0.0
February 11	58	30	0.57	0.0
February 12	61	35	0.00	0.0
February 13	67	56	0.00	0.0
February 14	58	32	0.00	0.0
February 15	32	21	0.00	0.0
February 16	40	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	52	34	0.22	0.0
February 18	52	35	1.10	0.0
February 19	37	31	0.72	0.0
February 20	32	25	0.12	1.2
February 21	32	24	0.00	0.0
February 22	39	27	0.22	2.2
February 23	40	29	0.00	0.0
February 24	33	27	0.02	0.2
February 25	29	22	0.00	0.0
February 26	33	28	0.05	0.5
February 27	43	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	34	15	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	48	22	0.00
March 2	47	32	0.02
March 3	45	25	0.11
March 4	37	22	0.22
March 5	60	32	0.88
March 6	36	24	0.00
March 7	46	23	0.00
March 8	41	26	0.00
March 9	40	28	0.42
March 10	48	28	0.12
March 11	52	32	0.04
March 12	63	34	0.00
March 13	56	49	0.21
March 14	52	34	0.80
March 15	47	32	0.73
March 16	64	44	0.34
March 17	48	35	0.11
March 18	64	31	0.00
March 19	64	40	0.00
March 20	69	51	0.00
March 21	78	45	0.00
March 22	79	55	0.00
March 23	69	39	0.97
March 24	56	30	0.00
March 25	56	38	0.34
March 26	54	40	0.11
March 27	60	26	0.00
March 28	67	32	0.00
March 29	73	51	0.11
March 30	70	51	1.37
March 31	65	47	2.07

April 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	49	32	0.00	0.0
April 2	38	30	0.00	0.0
April 3	51	25	0.00	0.0
April 4	50	27	0.00	0.0
April 5	56	26	0.00	0.0
April 6	49	32	1.91	0.0
April 7	36	30	0.30	0.0
April 8	36	32	0.99	0.0
April 9	46	29	0.03	0.3
April 10	55	27	0.00	0.0
April 11	66	36	0.00	0.0
April 12	71	46	0.00	0.0
April 13	77	45	0.00	0.0
April 14	75	55	0.00	0.0
April 15	78	55	0.00	0.0
April 16	74	55	0.00	0.0
April 17	75	56	0.00	0.0
April 18	71	50	0.00	0.0
April 19	81	42	0.00	0.0
April 20	74	51	0.03	0.0
April 21	68	34	0.00	0.0
April 22	60	36	0.00	0.0
April 23	66	36	0.00	0.0
April 24	75	47	0.00	0.0
April 25	75	48	0.00	0.0
April 26	86	47	0.00	0.0
April 27	84	56	0.00	0.0
April 28	76	59	0.00	0.0
April 29	68	49	0.00	0.0
April 30	67	46	0.00	0.0

May 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	75	34	0.00
May 2	85	44	0.00
May 3	87	57	0.00
May 4	85	56	0.00
May 5	79	61	0.00
May 6	75	48	0.00
May 7	74	46	0.00
May 8	70	47	0.34
May 9	58	36	0.00
May 10	72	42	0.00
May 11	61	39	0.08
May 12	62	32	0.00
May 13	71	31	0.00
May 14	61	43	0.60
May 15	65	43	0.14
May 16	71	42	0.00
May 17	67	49	0.69
May 18	76	58	0.35
May 19	86	62	0.30
May 20	83	64	0.20
May 21	72	59	0.63
May 22	72	49	0.00
May 23	71	61	0.22
May 24	63	43	0.07
May 25	76	41	0.00
May 26	81	48	0.00
May 27	87	56	0.09
May 28	82	57	0.24
May 29	74	58	0.52
May 30	83	55	0.00
May 31	82	56	0.00

June 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	60	0.40
June 2	79	59	0.00
June 3	84	52	0.00
June 4	85	60	0.00
June 5	79	54	0.00
June 6	86	61	0.00
June 7	79	62	0.14
June 8	78	52	0.00
June 9	75	55	0.00
June 10	84	64	0.00
June 11	86	65	0.25
June 12	78	61	1.12
June 13	78	49	0.00
June 14	82	53	0.00
June 15	90	57	0.00
June 16	84	64	0.00
June 17	80	60	0.00
June 18	82	53	0.00
June 19	82	61	0.00
June 20	85	59	0.00
June 21	88	60	0.00
June 22	89	65	0.00
June 23	92	63	0.00
June 24	88	68	0.78
June 25	86	68	2.06
June 26	71	60	1.31
June 27	72	51	0.00
June 28	73	50	0.00
June 29	79	51	0.00
June 30	78	55	0.00

July 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	76	64	1.52
July 2	90	68	3.03
July 3	86	63	0.00
July 4	84	60	0.00
July 5	86	55	0.00
July 6	89	61	0.00
July 7	91	64	0.00
July 8	86	68	0.00
July 9	88	67	0.00
July 10	91	63	0.00
July 11	95	70	0.00
July 12	92	60	0.00
July 13	89	71	0.00
July 14	86	66	0.47
July 15	82	58	0.00
July 16	88	59	0.00
July 17	83	64	0.21
July 18	86	58	0.00
July 19	88	57	0.00
July 20	90	60	0.00
July 21	86	63	0.00
July 22	87	62	0.00
July 23	88	60	0.08
July 24	89	58	0.00
July 25	93	59	0.00
July 26	99	65	0.00
July 27	91	66	0.00
July 28	95	67	0.08
July 29	85	65	0.00
July 30	83	59	0.00
July 31	80	68	1.51

August 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	66	0.00
August 2	94	66	0.00
August 3	94	68	0.00
August 4	93	75	0.00
August 5	88	69	0.12
August 6	91	71	0.00
August 7	95	67	0.00
August 8	93	69	0.00
August 9	95	67	0.00
August 10	94	71	0.00
August 11	88	71	0.12
August 12	84	57	0.00
August 13	90	54	0.00
August 14	92	66	0.00
August 15	86	72	0.00
August 16	85	71	0.84
August 17	80	65	0.00
August 18	86	56	0.00
August 19	89	58	0.00
August 20	90	59	0.00
August 21	86	65	0.60
August 22	87	60	0.00
August 23	91	59	0.22
August 24	89	59	0.05
August 25	80	54	0.00
August 26	87	55	0.00
August 27	82	54	0.00
August 28	82	54	0.00
August 29	89	55	0.00
August 30	90	55	0.00
August 31	84	55	0.65

September 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	58	0.00
September 2	79	56	0.00
September 3	81	62	0.00
September 4	88	62	0.00
September 5	91	66	0.00
September 6	90	63	0.00
September 7	91	69	0.00
September 8	86	65	0.00
September 9	84	62	0.00
September 10	83	67	0.38
September 11	86	65	0.00
September 12	92	68	0.00
September 13	84	71	0.70
September 14	82	70	0.67
September 15	74	60	0.00
September 16	69	51	0.00
September 17	69	45	0.00
September 18	62	52	0.00
September 19	61	39	0.00
September 20	67	49	0.00
September 21	63	46	0.00
September 22	74	48	0.12
September 23	84	48	0.00
September 24	87	57	0.00
September 25	86	54	0.00
September 26	86	57	0.00
September 27	80	57	0.00
September 28	79	45	0.00
September 29	71	50	0.00
September 30	70	44	0.00

October 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	40	0.00
October 2	72	36	0.00
October 3	73	40	0.00
October 4	74	60	0.00
October 5	82	57	0.00
October 6	64	51	0.00
October 7	68	33	0.00
October 8	81	48	0.00
October 9	80	49	0.00
October 10	82	49	0.00
October 11	82	51	0.00
October 12	84	52	0.00
October 13	72	58	0.18
October 14	78	40	0.00
October 15	87	49	0.00
October 16	84	50	0.00
October 17	85	40	0.00
October 18	85	47	0.00
October 19	70	53	0.84
October 20	56	40	0.00
October 21	63	37	0.00
October 22	64	40	0.00
October 23	52	34	0.00
October 24	53	31	0.00
October 25	67	33	0.00
October 26	67	44	0.00
October 27	62	37	0.00
October 28	61	30	0.00
October 29	63	33	0.00
October 30	58	36	0.00
October 31	66	32	0.00

November 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	76	40	0.00	0.0
November 2	76	47	0.00	0.0
November 3	75	50	0.00	0.0
November 4	72	52	0.39	0.0
November 5	63	45	0.10	0.0
November 6	74	43	0.00	0.0
November 7	71	49	0.15	0.0
November 8	68	31	0.36	0.0
November 9	53	22	0.00	0.0
November 10	58	27	0.00	0.0
November 11	67	41	0.00	0.0
November 12	77	44	0.00	0.0
November 13	65	38	0.20	0.0
November 14	49	30	0.00	0.0
November 15	49	28	0.00	0.0
November 16	58	27	0.00	0.0
November 17	63	35	0.00	0.0
November 18	56	45	1.41	0.0
November 19	50	37	0.13	0.0
November 20	59	30	0.00	0.0
November 21	61	37	0.00	0.0
November 22	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 23	34	25	0.58	5.8
November 24	34	20	0.00	0.0
November 25	30	7	0.00	0.0
November 26	29	20	0.04	0.4
November 27	23	7	0.00	0.0
November 28	35	12	0.00	0.0
November 29	47	28	0.00	0.0
November 30	52	30	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Indianapolis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	40	0.07	0.0
December 3	51	42	0.96	0.0
December 4	54	37	0.00	0.0
December 5	50	33	0.09	0.0
December 6	40	33	0.00	0.0
December 7	47	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	52	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	44	31	0.00	0.0
December 10	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 11	48	29	0.00	0.0
December 12	41	26	0.00	0.0
December 13	38	18	0.00	0.0
December 14	39	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	13	0.00	0.0
December 16	37	22	0.00	0.0
December 17	37	20	0.02	0.2
December 18	37	11	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	17	0.00	0.0
December 20	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 21	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 22	31	17	0.00	0.0
December 23	35	31	0.20	0.0
December 24	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	24	0.22	0.5
December 27	42	9	0.00	0.0
December 28	24	6	0.00	0.0
December 29	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 30	32	9	0.00	0.0
December 31	45	9	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Indianapolis International Airport	location
1901–1947	Whitestown	location