Weather Records on 4 January 1937

251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1937. Highest significance: Kelowna, CA.

Key Facts for 4 January 1937

On 4 January 1937, 251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 238 daily.
Kelowna set a monthly record daily precipitation of 30.2 mm (1.2 in) on 4 January 1937.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

251 stations

251 station records on 4 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Penticton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Copper	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar City Powerhouse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Copper	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murgab	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

251 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 4 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 4 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 238.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

210 broken records

Margins by which the 210 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1937

Top 20 records on 4 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1937	Kelowna, CA	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1937	Kelowna, CA	monthly snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1937	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1937	New Market, ZA	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1937	Putbus, DE	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1937	Penticton, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Vantipura, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Caguas, PR	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Jhb-Joubert Park, ZA	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Visby_Flygplats, SE	monthly high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Argyle Downs, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Broome Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	De Grey, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Roodepoort (Mun), ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Rosherville (Pow), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Greylingstad (Sar), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1937	Vernon Coldstream Ranch, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1937. 1937 had 251 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	197
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2