Los Angeles Weather in 1938

Historical record of Los Angeles, California weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Los Angeles Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	August 12
Lowest temperature	42 °F	February 13
Highest daily low	70 °F	September 20
Lowest daily high	54 °F	February 14
Most daily precipitation	5.9 inches	March 2
Total annual precipitation	27.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Los Angeles in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1938 was 95 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Los Angeles in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Aug 12
1	95 °F	Aug 1
3	94 °F	Sep 13
3	94 °F	Aug 29
3	94 °F	Aug 2
6	93 °F	Sep 20
6	93 °F	Sep 15
8	92 °F	Dec 8
8	92 °F	Sep 26
10	91 °F	Aug 3

What was the coldest temperature in Los Angeles in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1938 was 42 °F which happened on Feb 13.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Los Angeles in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	42 °F	February 13
2	44 °F	November 13
2	44 °F	March 30
2	44 °F	February 5
2	44 °F	January 30
6	45 °F	December 28
6	45 °F	November 21
6	45 °F	February 14
6	45 °F	February 12
10	46 °F	November 12
10	46 °F	March 31
10	46 °F	March 4
10	46 °F	February 20
10	46 °F	February 19
10	46 °F	February 6

January 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	71	59	0.00
January 2	64	55	0.00
January 3	66	54	0.00
January 4	72	50	0.00
January 5	75	54	0.00
January 6	75	55	0.00
January 7	73	53	0.00
January 8	74	49	0.00
January 9	74	52	0.00
January 10	72	54	0.00
January 11	75	51	0.00
January 12	77	54	0.00
January 13	80	58	0.00
January 14	73	57	0.24
January 15	65	53	0.65
January 16	65	49	0.00
January 17	64	52	0.00
January 18	59	53	0.13
January 19	61	49	0.12
January 20	65	49	0.00
January 21	75	49	0.00
January 22	75	51	0.00
January 23	75	49	0.00
January 24	73	52	0.00
January 25	77	49	0.00
January 26	82	56	0.00
January 27	80	55	0.00
January 28	64	51	0.02
January 29	59	49	0.30
January 30	64	44	0.00
January 31	58	48	0.17

February 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	62	48	2.26
February 2	57	48	0.09
February 3	58	50	0.51
February 4	60	51	0.18
February 5	60	44	0.00
February 6	70	46	0.00
February 7	69	49	0.00
February 8	65	50	0.22
February 9	60	48	0.86
February 10	62	53	0.10
February 11	58	47	0.78
February 12	58	45	0.11
February 13	59	42	0.00
February 14	54	45	0.13
February 15	61	49	0.00
February 16	64	49	0.00
February 17	67	47	0.00
February 18	57	48	0.13
February 19	61	46	0.12
February 20	69	46	0.00
February 21	69	49	0.00
February 22	76	52	0.00
February 23	76	53	0.00
February 24	76	53	0.00
February 25	75	56	0.00
February 26	75	56	0.00
February 27	59	54	1.47
February 28	60	56	2.85

March 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	66	56	0.48
March 2	62	55	5.88
March 3	61	52	0.38
March 4	63	46	0.00
March 5	62	48	0.00
March 6	64	50	0.01
March 7	66	52	0.03
March 8	62	51	0.03
March 9	64	48	0.00
March 10	77	53	0.00
March 11	70	51	0.33
March 12	65	52	0.52
March 13	60	52	0.28
March 14	63	48	0.00
March 15	67	49	0.00
March 16	66	52	0.00
March 17	66	50	0.00
March 18	73	49	0.00
March 19	71	52	0.00
March 20	63	50	0.00
March 21	64	48	0.00
March 22	66	47	0.00
March 23	68	49	0.00
March 24	64	49	0.00
March 25	65	50	0.00
March 26	70	51	0.00
March 27	70	51	0.00
March 28	60	49	0.00
March 29	60	49	0.00
March 30	63	44	0.00
March 31	68	46	0.00

April 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	78	51	0.00
April 2	78	54	0.00
April 3	68	51	0.00
April 4	66	52	0.00
April 5	67	52	0.03
April 6	72	54	0.00
April 7	78	54	0.00
April 8	84	61	0.00
April 9	78	55	0.00
April 10	72	51	0.00
April 11	66	53	0.00
April 12	59	50	0.03
April 13	60	48	0.00
April 14	63	48	0.00
April 15	65	48	0.00
April 16	70	50	0.00
April 17	86	57	0.00
April 18	90	62	0.00
April 19	79	58	0.00
April 20	65	58	0.00
April 21	69	55	0.00
April 22	68	54	0.00
April 23	64	56	0.00
April 24	62	54	0.14
April 25	63	53	0.03
April 26	68	51	0.00
April 27	69	52	0.00
April 28	69	55	0.00
April 29	60	54	0.01
April 30	57	49	0.24

May 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	61	54	0.00
May 2	64	54	0.00
May 3	69	53	0.00
May 4	71	50	0.00
May 5	75	53	0.00
May 6	81	55	0.00
May 7	81	61	0.00
May 8	79	58	0.00
May 9	77	56	0.00
May 10	75	54	0.00
May 11	70	55	0.00
May 12	69	54	0.00
May 13	70	55	0.00
May 14	72	56	0.00
May 15	60	54	0.02
May 16	62	54	0.00
May 17	63	56	0.00
May 18	65	56	0.00
May 19	65	56	0.00
May 20	66	53	0.00
May 21	66	52	0.00
May 22	77	53	0.00
May 23	82	57	0.00
May 24	76	56	0.00
May 25	74	52	0.00
May 26	78	56	0.00
May 27	72	56	0.00
May 28	70	58	0.00
May 29	72	55	0.00
May 30	75	56	0.00
May 31	82	56	0.00

June 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
June 1	82	58
June 2	74	59
June 3	76	58
June 4	71	57
June 5	73	55
June 6	71	56
June 7	74	56
June 8	65	59
June 9	66	59
June 10	63	57
June 11	68	58
June 12	69	56
June 13	73	55
June 14	80	56
June 15	72	58
June 16	76	58
June 17	72	58
June 18	72	58
June 19	65	57
June 20	72	56
June 21	74	56
June 22	78	58
June 23	78	60
June 24	76	51
June 25	78	60
June 26	80	58
June 27	77	57
June 28	72	59
June 29	72	59
June 30	71	59

July 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
July 1	73	59
July 2	75	59
July 3	72	58
July 4	74	59
July 5	73	58
July 6	74	58
July 7	74	57
July 8	75	57
July 9	77	56
July 10	79	57
July 11	80	57
July 12	78	59
July 13	79	60
July 14	77	62
July 15	79	60
July 16	79	58
July 17	81	61
July 18	82	63
July 19	80	60
July 20	79	59
July 21	77	62
July 22	84	63
July 23	82	62
July 24	82	64
July 25	80	64
July 26	79	63
July 27	81	64
July 28	84	64
July 29	82	62
July 30	83	64
July 31	85	64

August 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
August 1	95	64
August 2	94	64
August 3	91	65
August 4	88	66
August 5	83	66
August 6	82	66
August 7	80	65
August 8	77	64
August 9	78	63
August 10	84	61
August 11	86	64
August 12	95	67
August 13	80	64
August 14	77	63
August 15	76	63
August 16	75	62
August 17	68	61
August 18	74	62
August 19	77	59
August 20	83	62
August 21	88	65
August 22	82	64
August 23	83	63
August 24	81	63
August 25	86	64
August 26	86	65
August 27	86	67
August 28	90	68
August 29	94	68
August 30	88	67
August 31	85	66

September 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	63	0.00
September 2	84	62	0.00
September 3	82	59	0.00
September 4	81	61	0.00
September 5	81	62	0.00
September 6	79	62	0.00
September 7	77	63	0.00
September 8	77	61	n/a
September 9	76	62	n/a
September 10	80	63	n/a
September 11	82	57	n/a
September 12	87	61	n/a
September 13	94	65	n/a
September 14	86	66	n/a
September 15	93	69	n/a
September 16	84	66	n/a
September 17	82	65	0.00
September 18	82	65	0.01
September 19	86	66	0.00
September 20	93	70	0.00
September 21	90	66	0.00
September 22	82	65	0.00
September 23	85	65	0.00
September 24	82	62	0.00
September 25	83	59	0.00
September 26	92	63	0.00
September 27	89	69	0.00
September 28	82	66	0.00
September 29	86	67	0.00
September 30	88	65	0.00

October 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	80	60	0.00
October 2	72	60	0.00
October 3	75	58	0.00
October 4	73	56	0.00
October 5	70	56	0.00
October 6	69	58	0.00
October 7	69	53	0.00
October 8	73	58	0.00
October 9	79	57	0.00
October 10	79	58	0.00
October 11	81	58	0.00
October 12	89	61	0.00
October 13	85	68	0.00
October 14	78	63	0.00
October 15	70	57	0.00
October 16	66	52	0.00
October 17	75	51	0.00
October 18	82	53	0.00
October 19	77	56	0.00
October 20	87	57	0.00
October 21	87	63	0.00
October 22	81	59	0.00
October 23	77	52	0.00
October 24	80	59	0.00
October 25	75	55	0.00
October 26	80	55	0.00
October 27	74	57	0.00
October 28	71	57	0.00
October 29	72	56	0.00
October 30	64	57	0.00
October 31	69	57	0.01

November 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
November 1	65	56
November 2	73	53
November 3	76	55
November 4	74	55
November 5	70	53
November 6	71	54
November 7	75	48
November 8	79	55
November 9	67	50
November 10	62	49
November 11	61	49
November 12	62	46
November 13	69	44
November 14	78	48
November 15	78	53
November 16	77	55
November 17	77	51
November 18	81	54
November 19	84	58
November 20	76	54
November 21	68	45
November 22	68	48
November 23	78	50
November 24	79	52
November 25	81	55
November 26	79	58
November 27	83	58
November 28	80	54
November 29	67	49
November 30	65	52

December 1938 Los Angeles Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	73	51	0.00
December 2	75	54	0.00
December 3	73	57	0.00
December 4	88	60	0.00
December 5	86	63	0.00
December 6	88	64	0.00
December 7	86	64	0.00
December 8	92	64	0.00
December 9	77	53	0.00
December 10	63	54	0.00
December 11	65	53	0.00
December 12	69	52	0.00
December 13	74	51	0.00
December 14	67	56	0.49
December 15	69	54	1.73
December 16	66	55	0.01
December 17	70	54	0.93
December 18	62	53	2.18
December 19	59	53	1.30
December 20	57	49	0.61
December 21	59	48	0.01
December 22	66	49	0.00
December 23	66	47	0.00
December 24	70	50	0.00
December 25	69	48	0.00
December 26	69	48	0.00
December 27	67	49	0.00
December 28	61	45	0.00
December 29	72	49	0.00
December 30	76	51	0.00
December 31	77	54	0.00

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1945–2024	Los Angeles International Airport	location
1906–1944	University of Southern California	location