Weather Records on 11 January 1937

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1937. Highest significance: Yalta, UA.

Key Facts for 11 January 1937

On 11 January 1937, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 311 daily.
Yalta set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 11 January 1937.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 11 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	312.4 cm (123.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wamberal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Suntop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 11 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 11 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 10, daily 311.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1937

Top 20 records on 11 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1937	Yalta, UA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 January 1937	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1937	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1937	Snowflake, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1937	Dawson, CA	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1937	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1937	Ft Duchesne, US	daily low max	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Taung, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Arltunga, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	White River, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Armour, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Bond Springs Homestead, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Oracle, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Chico UNIV Farm, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Oroville 1 N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Ft Duchesne, US	daily low min	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Castle Dale, US	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1937	Mellette 4 W, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	25 years	27 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

1794 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 325 records.

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

Records on 01-11 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	2
1840	1
1851	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1873	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	1
1896	8
1897	14
1898	5
1899	3
1900	8
1901	6
1902	6
1903	15
1904	3
1905	10
1906	4
1907	9
1908	7
1909	28
1910	50
1911	48
1912	47
1913	32
1914	41
1915	26
1916	79
1917	107
1918	208
1919	17
1920	101
1921	65
1922	131
1923	106
1924	367
1925	116
1926	102
1927	278
1928	589
1929	112
1930	186
1931	115
1932	180
1933	239
1934	192
1935	163
1936	475
1937	325
1938	192
1939	370
1940	419
1941	348
1942	687
1943	206
1944	109
1945	624
1946	325
1947	259
1948	342
1949	970
1950	420
1951	325
1952	214
1953	797
1954	526
1955	214
1956	594
1957	506
1958	344
1959	439
1960	548
1961	414
1962	2,062
1963	1,600
1964	248
1965	431
1966	246
1967	412
1968	1,103
1969	511
1970	539
1971	871
1972	1,400
1973	675
1974	1,878
1975	2,114
1976	685
1977	1,319
1978	654
1979	1,379
1980	1,319
1981	959
1982	2,363
1983	1,486
1984	828
1985	699
1986	873
1987	1,598
1988	1,065
1989	836
1990	1,459
1991	1,469
1992	718
1993	1,883
1994	667
1995	1,297
1996	1,366
1997	1,558
1998	1,165
1999	923
2000	1,122
2001	778
2002	970
2003	752
2004	848
2005	1,539
2006	1,096
2007	994
2008	1,019
2009	682
2010	1,093
2011	1,709
2012	881
2013	1,468
2014	684
2015	533
2016	555
2017	1,124
2018	1,027
2019	345
2020	1,617
2021	702
2022	295
2023	676
2024	614
2025	806
2026	499

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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 200	267
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1