Weather Records on 8 January 1937

1,703 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 January 1937. Highest significance: Hebron, US.

Key Facts for 8 January 1937

On 8 January 1937, 1,703 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
451 were record highs and 674 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 45 were all-time records, 77 monthly and 1,581 daily.
Hebron set a monthly record daily snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 8 January 1937.
Across 155 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 550 records.

Record Map

1,703 stations

1,703 station records on 8 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Represa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,703 records

Records set or tied on 8 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 272, Lowest daily maximum 430, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 244, Heaviest daily rainfall 449, Heaviest daily snowfall 100, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 8 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	272
Lowest daily maximum	430
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	244
Heaviest daily rainfall	449
Heaviest daily snowfall	100
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 8 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 45, monthly 77, daily 1,581.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,463 broken records

Margins by which the 1,463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 January 1937

Top 20 records on 8 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 January 1937	Hebron, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1937	Cedar Rapids 2, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 January 1937	Old Baratta Homestead, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Blue Rapids, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Logan 1 WNW, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Natural Brg, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Armour, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Ft Bidwell, US	all-time low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Albia 3 NNE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Lawrence, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Marshall, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Harlan, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Iowa City, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 January 1937	Sac City, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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

1806 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1937. 1937 had 1,703 records.

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

Records on 01-08 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	1
1854	1
1855	1
1856	1
1858	2
1862	1
1866	1
1867	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	5
1880	1
1882	2
1884	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	3
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	10
1906	9
1907	24
1908	25
1909	12
1910	9
1911	13
1912	49
1913	35
1914	39
1915	51
1916	33
1917	23
1918	83
1919	91
1920	68
1921	43
1922	243
1923	165
1924	112
1925	70
1926	245
1927	107
1928	291
1929	183
1930	810
1931	104
1932	173
1933	243
1934	450
1935	824
1936	714
1937	1,703
1938	207
1939	619
1940	560
1941	414
1942	1,643
1943	371
1944	228
1945	520
1946	476
1947	238
1948	566
1949	463
1950	290
1951	387
1952	341
1953	669
1954	362
1955	167
1956	402
1957	616
1958	658
1959	295
1960	422
1961	236
1962	780
1963	692
1964	437
1965	1,185
1966	443
1967	463
1968	1,675
1969	651
1970	1,713
1971	730
1972	516
1973	1,496
1974	1,171
1975	957
1976	1,215
1977	537
1978	805
1979	1,640
1980	569
1981	589
1982	1,320
1983	598
1984	604
1985	1,545
1986	654
1987	820
1988	1,644
1989	1,900
1990	1,161
1991	872
1992	1,640
1993	1,525
1994	1,224
1995	783
1996	2,009
1997	1,203
1998	2,895
1999	1,107
2000	605
2001	954
2002	1,628
2003	1,362
2004	684
2005	1,764
2006	1,204
2007	1,003
2008	2,350
2009	761
2010	2,002
2011	885
2012	591
2013	398
2014	1,398
2015	1,311
2016	748
2017	1,045
2018	620
2019	522
2020	565
2021	590
2022	698
2023	426
2024	1,170
2025	597
2026	1,053

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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	1,410
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	2