Seattle Weather in 1938

Historical record of Seattle, Washington weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Seattle Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 21
Lowest temperature	28 °F	December 17
Highest daily low	68 °F	July 14
Lowest daily high	37 °F	December 17
Most daily precipitation	0.8 inches	January 14
Most daily snow	1.4 inches	November 10
Total annual precipitation	23.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	2.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Seattle in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1938 was 92 °F which happened on July 21.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Seattle in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jul 21
2	91 °F	Jul 14
3	89 °F	Jul 20
3	89 °F	Jul 15
5	88 °F	Jul 13
6	87 °F	Sep 14
6	87 °F	Jul 16
8	86 °F	Jul 19
9	85 °F	Jul 24
9	85 °F	Jun 22
9	85 °F	Jun 21

What was the coldest temperature in Seattle in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1938 was 28 °F which happened on Dec 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Seattle in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	28 °F	December 17
2	29 °F	November 11
3	30 °F	January 7
3	30 °F	January 6
5	31 °F	December 14
5	31 °F	November 21
5	31 °F	January 5
8	32 °F	December 13
8	32 °F	December 12
8	32 °F	February 17

January 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	43	33	0.00	0.0
January 2	51	40	0.00	0.0
January 3	41	33	0.00	0.0
January 4	52	35	0.00	0.0
January 5	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 6	40	30	0.00	0.0
January 7	39	30	0.00	0.0
January 8	45	34	0.00	0.0
January 9	49	36	0.00	0.0
January 10	50	44	0.12	0.0
January 11	48	41	0.00	0.0
January 12	52	44	0.31	0.0
January 13	48	44	0.83	0.0
January 14	49	47	0.83	0.0
January 15	51	41	0.00	0.0
January 16	47	41	0.16	0.0
January 17	46	n/a	0.16	0.0
January 18	49	41	0.10	0.0
January 19	50	39	0.00	0.0
January 20	48	38	0.36	0.0
January 21	51	47	0.04	0.0
January 22	51	39	0.01	0.0
January 23	44	36	0.00	0.0
January 24	51	40	0.00	0.0
January 25	53	38	0.00	0.0
January 26	48	35	0.00	0.0
January 27	48	36	0.00	0.0
January 28	47	43	0.29	0.0
January 29	43	34	0.00	0.0
January 30	40	33	0.00	0.0
January 31	39	33	0.56	1.3

February 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	46	37	0.19
February 2	47	37	0.03
February 3	50	39	0.12
February 4	45	37	0.09
February 5	47	36	0.29
February 6	42	34	0.47
February 7	46	37	0.01
February 8	47	36	0.01
February 9	50	40	0.03
February 10	53	38	0.14
February 11	43	40	0.03
February 12	48	39	0.09
February 13	49	35	0.35
February 14	42	36	0.23
February 15	46	36	0.00
February 16	45	33	0.00
February 17	48	32	0.00
February 18	46	38	0.00
February 19	50	40	0.01
February 20	52	42	0.52
February 21	54	45	0.00
February 22	48	37	0.21
February 23	52	45	0.00
February 24	62	46	0.00
February 25	64	40	0.00
February 26	60	38	0.00
February 27	68	35	0.00
February 28	70	40	0.00

March 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	56	45	0.21
March 2	58	42	0.03
March 3	61	44	0.03
March 4	56	46	0.00
March 5	50	45	0.07
March 6	56	43	0.00
March 7	58	36	0.00
March 8	55	43	0.00
March 9	59	41	0.00
March 10	61	40	0.00
March 11	57	46	0.01
March 12	55	48	0.11
March 13	54	46	0.00
March 14	52	41	0.21
March 15	53	39	0.66
March 16	46	36	0.20
March 17	48	37	0.16
March 18	50	39	0.41
March 19	46	37	0.00
March 20	49	34	0.00
March 21	48	34	0.00
March 22	44	35	0.70
March 23	54	42	0.33
March 24	49	43	0.13
March 25	54	41	0.01
March 26	52	42	0.00
March 27	53	39	0.14
March 28	49	34	0.01
March 29	49	34	0.00
March 30	54	35	0.00
March 31	55	34	0.00

April 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	63	36	0.00
April 2	67	38	0.00
April 3	56	46	0.14
April 4	56	45	0.04
April 5	55	44	0.04
April 6	57	43	0.00
April 7	75	43	0.00
April 8	71	46	0.02
April 9	53	45	0.04
April 10	61	42	0.00
April 11	56	45	0.06
April 12	57	44	0.03
April 13	60	41	0.00
April 14	61	45	0.02
April 15	56	47	0.41
April 16	56	49	0.33
April 17	59	50	0.40
April 18	59	46	0.01
April 19	58	46	0.00
April 20	65	42	0.00
April 21	66	47	0.00
April 22	59	48	0.07
April 23	62	44	0.00
April 24	66	48	0.00
April 25	60	50	0.03
April 26	59	49	0.00
April 27	64	46	0.00
April 28	74	46	0.00
April 29	68	51	0.00
April 30	69	46	0.00

May 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	42	0.14
May 2	58	42	0.02
May 3	54	42	0.10
May 4	54	44	0.11
May 5	59	44	0.00
May 6	62	44	0.00
May 7	71	43	0.00
May 8	59	50	0.04
May 9	59	47	0.00
May 10	58	45	0.37
May 11	58	50	0.26
May 12	63	49	0.00
May 13	63	46	0.00
May 14	65	46	0.00
May 15	68	50	0.00
May 16	66	44	0.00
May 17	59	47	0.00
May 18	71	46	0.00
May 19	77	48	0.00
May 20	83	51	0.00
May 21	83	53	0.00
May 22	83	55	0.00
May 23	81	53	0.00
May 24	83	57	0.00
May 25	77	52	0.00
May 26	81	52	0.00
May 27	69	53	0.00
May 28	69	53	0.00
May 29	65	52	0.00
May 30	66	51	0.00
May 31	70	50	0.00

June 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	72	51	0.00
June 2	71	50	0.00
June 3	75	50	0.00
June 4	78	54	0.00
June 5	77	55	0.00
June 6	84	57	0.00
June 7	67	54	0.00
June 8	65	49	0.00
June 9	65	46	0.00
June 10	73	47	0.00
June 11	80	53	0.00
June 12	69	53	0.00
June 13	62	54	0.00
June 14	72	55	0.00
June 15	68	56	0.00
June 16	68	54	0.27
June 17	63	50	0.12
June 18	70	52	0.00
June 19	70	54	0.00
June 20	80	56	0.00
June 21	85	57	0.00
June 22	85	58	0.00
June 23	80	55	0.00
June 24	68	55	0.00
June 25	67	52	0.00
June 26	73	53	0.00
June 27	69	52	0.00
June 28	78	52	0.00
June 29	75	53	0.00
June 30	62	53	0.00

July 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	62	51	0.00
July 2	59	52	0.00
July 3	69	53	0.08
July 4	65	55	0.00
July 5	77	52	0.00
July 6	81	54	0.00
July 7	80	57	0.00
July 8	72	54	0.00
July 9	81	53	0.00
July 10	67	57	0.10
July 11	70	57	0.00
July 12	78	54	0.00
July 13	88	59	0.00
July 14	91	68	0.00
July 15	89	58	0.00
July 16	87	60	0.00
July 17	83	57	0.00
July 18	83	57	0.00
July 19	86	61	0.00
July 20	89	59	0.00
July 21	92	63	0.00
July 22	84	62	0.00
July 23	68	56	0.00
July 24	85	55	0.00
July 25	81	58	0.00
July 26	77	57	0.00
July 27	70	55	0.00
July 28	75	56	0.00
July 29	70	57	0.00
July 30	80	52	0.00
July 31	77	n/a	0.00

August 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	67	55	0.05
August 2	73	57	0.00
August 3	78	55	0.00
August 4	76	56	0.00
August 5	72	55	0.00
August 6	65	56	0.03
August 7	73	55	0.01
August 8	76	53	0.00
August 9	75	53	0.00
August 10	76	53	0.00
August 11	71	56	0.01
August 12	72	55	0.00
August 13	62	55	0.27
August 14	70	57	0.00
August 15	80	54	0.00
August 16	76	54	0.03
August 17	72	57	0.08
August 18	63	56	0.00
August 19	75	52	0.00
August 20	78	54	0.00
August 21	67	55	0.00
August 22	70	50	0.00
August 23	80	52	0.00
August 24	81	56	0.00
August 25	71	51	0.00
August 26	65	52	0.00
August 27	66	56	0.00
August 28	72	51	0.00
August 29	74	51	0.00
August 30	79	53	0.00
August 31	70	55	0.00

September 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	74	56	0.00
September 2	68	57	0.03
September 3	69	55	0.00
September 4	65	55	0.12
September 5	67	56	0.11
September 6	66	55	0.02
September 7	69	55	0.00
September 8	71	51	0.00
September 9	65	54	0.04
September 10	74	55	0.00
September 11	78	53	0.00
September 12	81	54	0.00
September 13	79	56	0.00
September 14	87	55	0.00
September 15	64	53	0.00
September 16	77	50	0.00
September 17	78	55	0.00
September 18	68	58	0.14
September 19	74	58	0.00
September 20	75	58	0.00
September 21	70	54	0.00
September 22	73	54	0.00
September 23	68	52	0.00
September 24	74	57	0.02
September 25	68	55	0.00
September 26	71	53	0.00
September 27	74	54	0.00
September 28	69	55	0.00
September 29	66	59	0.00
September 30	74	58	0.00

October 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	53	0.00
October 2	66	55	0.10
October 3	65	54	0.46
October 4	64	48	0.00
October 5	63	51	0.00
October 6	63	48	0.00
October 7	62	47	0.00
October 8	67	50	0.00
October 9	63	55	0.13
October 10	61	52	0.37
October 11	60	53	0.00
October 12	58	52	0.42
October 13	58	47	0.03
October 14	53	43	0.00
October 15	57	45	0.00
October 16	56	38	0.00
October 17	60	40	0.00
October 18	67	40	0.00
October 19	74	44	0.00
October 20	70	48	0.00
October 21	60	43	0.00
October 22	66	44	0.00
October 23	57	47	0.16
October 24	59	50	0.02
October 25	61	45	0.00
October 26	60	47	0.22
October 27	60	50	0.15
October 28	66	51	0.24
October 29	59	53	0.24
October 30	55	51	0.40
October 31	58	50	0.10

November 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	58	47	0.01	0.0
November 2	55	46	0.24	0.0
November 3	55	46	0.02	0.0
November 4	53	43	0.08	0.0
November 5	51	40	0.00	0.0
November 6	48	37	0.00	0.0
November 7	53	43	0.03	0.0
November 8	46	40	0.10	0.0
November 9	43	35	0.40	0.0
November 10	41	33	0.32	1.4
November 11	45	29	0.00	0.0
November 12	43	36	0.06	0.0
November 13	48	40	0.00	0.0
November 14	52	46	0.00	0.0
November 15	50	44	0.14	0.0
November 16	57	45	0.16	0.0
November 17	52	44	0.00	0.0
November 18	53	47	0.00	0.0
November 19	50	41	0.57	0.0
November 20	49	39	0.00	0.0
November 21	46	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	45	33	0.00	0.0
November 23	49	33	0.00	0.0
November 24	51	33	0.00	0.0
November 25	57	33	0.00	0.0
November 26	55	40	0.00	0.0
November 27	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 28	55	38	0.00	0.0
November 29	53	44	0.14	0.0
November 30	56	46	0.60	0.0

December 1938 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	50	44	0.26
December 2	52	44	0.59
December 3	48	44	0.00
December 4	59	44	0.31
December 5	53	48	0.00
December 6	50	46	0.05
December 7	57	50	0.00
December 8	55	47	0.02
December 9	49	41	0.00
December 10	44	38	0.00
December 11	45	33	0.00
December 12	44	32	0.00
December 13	45	32	0.00
December 14	42	31	0.00
December 15	45	33	0.00
December 16	46	34	0.00
December 17	37	28	0.00
December 18	42	33	0.00
December 19	46	35	0.01
December 20	43	36	0.26
December 21	44	38	0.11
December 22	50	40	0.06
December 23	52	48	0.00
December 24	50	43	0.20
December 25	46	37	0.00
December 26	42	37	0.02
December 27	48	40	0.26
December 28	48	43	0.04
December 29	51	48	0.08
December 30	53	47	0.11
December 31	53	48	0.57

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Seattle Tacoma International Airport	location
1894–1947	University of Washington	location