St. Louis Weather in 1938

Historical record of St. Louis, Missouri weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 St. Louis Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	July 11
Lowest temperature	5 °F	January 31
Highest daily low	80 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	19 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	March 30
Most daily snow	1.6 inches	November 22
Total annual precipitation	41.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	5.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in St. Louis in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1938 was 101 °F which happened on July 11.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in St. Louis in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Jul 11
2	100 °F	Aug 24
2	100 °F	Aug 23
2	100 °F	Aug 22
5	98 °F	Sep 9
5	98 °F	Sep 8
5	98 °F	Aug 10
5	98 °F	Aug 7
9	97 °F	Aug 3
9	97 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in St. Louis in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1938 was 5 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in St. Louis in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	January 31
1	5 °F	January 26
3	9 °F	January 30
4	10 °F	January 25
5	12 °F	January 28
5	12 °F	January 8
7	13 °F	December 30
7	13 °F	December 27
7	13 °F	January 27
10	14 °F	January 7

January 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	50	30	0.00	0.0
January 2	33	23	0.00	0.0
January 3	49	29	0.00	0.0
January 4	48	24	0.00	0.0
January 5	58	36	0.00	0.0
January 6	44	21	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	14	0.00	0.0
January 8	23	12	0.00	0.0
January 9	41	18	0.00	0.0
January 10	40	27	0.01	0.1
January 11	40	29	0.00	0.0
January 12	38	29	0.00	0.0
January 13	47	26	0.00	0.0
January 14	40	32	0.00	0.0
January 15	47	27	0.00	0.0
January 16	62	39	0.00	0.0
January 17	49	33	0.00	0.0
January 18	37	33	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	34	0.07	0.2
January 20	48	34	0.27	0.0
January 21	44	39	0.08	0.0
January 22	50	40	0.00	0.0
January 23	52	33	0.33	0.0
January 24	57	24	0.23	0.3
January 25	24	10	0.04	0.5
January 26	19	5	0.00	0.0
January 27	22	13	0.00	0.0
January 28	47	12	0.00	0.0
January 29	55	39	0.00	0.0
January 30	54	9	0.28	0.0
January 31	20	5	0.00	0.0

February 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	16	0.00	0.0
February 2	48	35	0.00	0.0
February 3	53	38	0.00	0.0
February 4	58	37	0.00	0.0
February 5	70	52	0.00	0.0
February 6	60	41	0.25	0.0
February 7	54	37	0.00	0.0
February 8	62	40	0.00	0.0
February 9	70	42	0.03	0.0
February 10	43	39	0.10	0.0
February 11	61	43	0.02	0.0
February 12	76	55	0.00	0.0
February 13	70	41	0.00	0.0
February 14	48	30	0.00	0.0
February 15	37	29	0.28	0.6
February 16	39	31	0.57	0.0
February 17	60	39	1.37	0.0
February 18	41	35	0.29	0.0
February 19	35	31	0.48	0.1
February 20	32	28	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	29	0.10	0.7
February 22	37	31	0.02	0.2
February 23	36	29	0.00	0.0
February 24	32	28	0.00	0.0
February 25	42	29	0.00	0.0
February 26	44	38	0.00	0.0
February 27	55	36	0.00	0.0
February 28	43	28	0.00	0.0

March 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	60	31	0.00
March 2	65	44	0.70
March 3	50	33	0.00
March 4	66	36	0.00
March 5	67	30	0.50
March 6	41	27	0.00
March 7	61	31	0.00
March 8	62	42	0.00
March 9	52	43	0.18
March 10	44	36	0.00
March 11	57	42	0.00
March 12	72	46	0.00
March 13	64	53	2.09
March 14	53	43	0.15
March 15	66	46	1.41
March 16	62	42	0.00
March 17	59	40	0.00
March 18	74	41	0.00
March 19	65	54	0.13
March 20	74	53	0.00
March 21	82	52	0.00
March 22	78	65	0.56
March 23	65	46	0.13
March 24	63	43	0.00
March 25	80	50	0.05
March 26	60	46	0.00
March 27	57	43	0.00
March 28	58	45	0.45
March 29	79	56	0.43
March 30	77	54	2.74
March 31	62	42	0.00

April 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	45	36	0.00	0.0
April 2	39	32	0.00	0.0
April 3	62	32	0.00	0.0
April 4	51	39	0.07	0.0
April 5	53	40	0.09	0.0
April 6	72	36	0.15	0.0
April 7	37	34	0.43	0.0
April 8	36	32	0.93	0.3
April 9	47	31	0.00	0.0
April 10	61	35	0.00	0.0
April 11	67	44	0.00	0.0
April 12	75	53	0.00	0.0
April 13	81	60	0.00	0.0
April 14	76	59	0.00	0.0
April 15	76	61	0.00	0.0
April 16	76	60	0.45	0.0
April 17	75	61	0.00	0.0
April 18	76	61	0.09	0.0
April 19	88	59	0.00	0.0
April 20	66	55	0.10	0.0
April 21	66	49	0.00	0.0
April 22	63	44	0.00	0.0
April 23	67	44	0.00	0.0
April 24	80	55	0.09	0.0
April 25	82	59	0.00	0.0
April 26	85	62	0.00	0.0
April 27	82	61	0.07	0.0
April 28	70	56	0.02	0.0
April 29	77	53	0.62	0.0
April 30	76	57	0.23	0.0

May 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	76	56	0.00
May 2	86	60	0.00
May 3	84	68	0.00
May 4	79	63	0.34
May 5	70	55	0.00
May 6	72	55	0.00
May 7	64	52	1.02
May 8	60	46	0.00
May 9	68	49	0.00
May 10	70	50	0.00
May 11	65	52	0.00
May 12	58	45	0.05
May 13	58	44	0.00
May 14	67	52	0.00
May 15	72	53	0.00
May 16	67	58	0.12
May 17	72	58	0.13
May 18	85	64	0.00
May 19	86	69	0.27
May 20	87	67	0.00
May 21	76	64	0.13
May 22	73	59	0.86
May 23	74	57	2.13
May 24	68	51	0.00
May 25	78	54	0.00
May 26	81	63	0.00
May 27	79	61	0.42
May 28	79	63	0.50
May 29	80	62	0.00
May 30	82	65	0.00
May 31	84	68	0.00

June 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	68	0.04
June 2	80	62	0.00
June 3	82	63	0.00
June 4	83	67	0.01
June 5	84	63	0.00
June 6	90	64	0.35
June 7	76	64	0.15
June 8	81	63	0.00
June 9	78	62	0.41
June 10	87	65	0.39
June 11	79	64	1.95
June 12	77	61	0.00
June 13	80	64	0.00
June 14	84	65	0.00
June 15	87	69	0.03
June 16	82	69	0.03
June 17	77	67	0.76
June 18	83	67	0.06
June 19	86	69	0.00
June 20	86	66	0.00
June 21	90	69	0.00
June 22	85	71	0.00
June 23	90	70	0.05
June 24	93	76	0.00
June 25	94	69	0.26
June 26	74	62	0.01
June 27	77	60	0.00
June 28	78	58	0.00
June 29	81	62	0.00
June 30	84	65	0.00

July 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	93	72	0.00
July 2	90	77	0.00
July 3	94	73	0.00
July 4	94	74	0.00
July 5	92	72	0.00
July 6	93	72	0.00
July 7	96	73	0.00
July 8	87	73	0.00
July 9	91	72	0.00
July 10	97	74	0.00
July 11	101	79	0.00
July 12	96	80	0.00
July 13	94	77	0.00
July 14	89	74	0.00
July 15	86	69	0.00
July 16	90	71	0.00
July 17	80	67	1.89
July 18	85	68	0.01
July 19	87	70	0.00
July 20	91	67	0.12
July 21	83	68	0.00
July 22	89	67	0.00
July 23	89	73	0.00
July 24	93	75	0.00
July 25	92	74	0.01
July 26	95	76	0.00
July 27	95	71	0.42
July 28	90	72	0.00
July 29	89	74	0.00
July 30	81	72	0.01
July 31	89	69	1.18

August 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	69	0.00
August 2	92	74	0.00
August 3	97	74	0.00
August 4	96	79	0.00
August 5	92	73	0.00
August 6	93	74	0.00
August 7	98	76	0.00
August 8	96	78	0.35
August 9	96	76	0.00
August 10	98	80	0.00
August 11	87	75	0.00
August 12	89	69	0.00
August 13	93	70	0.00
August 14	93	77	0.00
August 15	87	72	0.07
August 16	90	73	0.00
August 17	82	69	0.00
August 18	86	68	0.00
August 19	91	70	0.00
August 20	95	72	0.00
August 21	90	70	0.01
August 22	100	75	0.00
August 23	100	79	0.00
August 24	100	75	0.00
August 25	88	67	0.00
August 26	87	71	0.02
August 27	80	65	0.12
August 28	77	64	0.38
August 29	82	68	0.17
August 30	87	71	0.02
August 31	92	75	0.01

September 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	71	0.00
September 2	83	68	0.00
September 3	86	72	0.00
September 4	89	66	0.00
September 5	89	69	0.00
September 6	94	73	0.00
September 7	95	77	0.00
September 8	98	78	0.00
September 9	98	78	0.00
September 10	95	76	0.01
September 11	96	75	0.00
September 12	90	75	0.12
September 13	79	74	0.55
September 14	76	62	0.04
September 15	74	59	0.00
September 16	64	53	0.00
September 17	76	57	0.28
September 18	59	51	0.00
September 19	62	45	0.01
September 20	66	54	0.00
September 21	71	53	0.00
September 22	82	54	0.00
September 23	89	63	0.00
September 24	92	66	0.00
September 25	89	63	0.00
September 26	88	67	0.00
September 27	83	63	0.00
September 28	78	57	0.00
September 29	82	60	0.00
September 30	87	62	0.00

October 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	58	0.00
October 2	77	55	0.00
October 3	80	57	0.00
October 4	88	61	0.00
October 5	89	64	0.00
October 6	75	56	0.00
October 7	74	52	0.00
October 8	89	61	0.00
October 9	88	66	0.00
October 10	86	66	0.00
October 11	88	62	0.00
October 12	80	64	0.26
October 13	77	61	0.17
October 14	87	58	0.00
October 15	90	64	0.00
October 16	88	62	0.00
October 17	86	62	0.00
October 18	85	64	0.35
October 19	66	49	0.39
October 20	62	46	0.00
October 21	71	45	0.00
October 22	64	42	0.00
October 23	51	38	0.00
October 24	60	36	0.00
October 25	76	44	0.00
October 26	71	55	0.00
October 27	66	50	0.00
October 28	68	45	0.00
October 29	70	48	0.00
October 30	70	48	0.00
October 31	73	49	0.00

November 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	81	54	0.00	0.0
November 2	78	57	0.00	0.0
November 3	77	65	0.00	0.0
November 4	68	46	0.45	0.0
November 5	68	46	0.00	0.0
November 6	74	48	0.29	0.0
November 7	48	31	1.79	0.0
November 8	44	29	0.00	0.0
November 9	55	34	0.00	0.0
November 10	62	37	0.00	0.0
November 11	72	50	0.00	0.0
November 12	67	56	0.00	0.0
November 13	62	40	0.04	0.0
November 14	60	37	0.00	0.0
November 15	60	42	0.00	0.0
November 16	63	46	0.00	0.0
November 17	65	44	0.77	0.0
November 18	58	40	0.39	0.0
November 19	53	33	0.00	0.0
November 20	65	42	0.00	0.0
November 21	65	42	0.00	0.0
November 22	42	29	0.21	1.6
November 23	32	28	0.10	0.8
November 24	29	22	0.00	0.0
November 25	37	20	0.00	0.0
November 26	33	18	0.00	0.0
November 27	29	15	0.00	0.0
November 28	53	26	0.00	0.0
November 29	66	38	0.00	0.0
November 30	62	45	0.00	0.0

December 1938 St. Louis Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	62	40	0.00	0.0
December 2	60	52	0.51	0.0
December 3	55	43	0.39	0.0
December 4	60	44	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	34	0.00	0.0
December 6	49	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	50	38	0.00	0.0
December 8	45	34	0.09	0.0
December 9	34	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	49	27	0.00	0.0
December 11	44	36	0.00	0.0
December 12	38	30	0.00	0.0
December 13	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 14	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 16	45	32	0.28	0.0
December 17	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	45	26	0.00	0.0
December 19	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 20	39	35	0.00	0.0
December 21	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 22	34	25	0.41	0.0
December 23	40	34	0.09	0.0
December 24	46	33	0.00	0.0
December 25	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 26	40	17	0.28	0.1
December 27	22	13	0.01	0.1
December 28	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 29	42	18	0.00	0.0
December 30	26	13	0.00	0.0
December 31	56	23	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2024	St. Louis International Airport	location
1893–1938	St. Louis	location