Weather Records on 14 January 1937

536 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1937. Highest significance: Greenfield, US.

Key Facts for 14 January 1937

On 14 January 1937, 536 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 462 daily.
Greenfield set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.3 mm (3.4 in) on 14 January 1937.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

536 stations

536 station records on 14 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Elmwood Av	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

536 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 103, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 14 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	103
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 14 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 73, daily 462.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

415 broken records

Margins by which the 415 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1676.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1937

Top 20 records on 14 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1937	Greenfield, US	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Washington 1 W, US	monthly rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Jackson, US	monthly rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Marble Hill, US	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	1 N McLeansboro, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Norwalk Wwtp, US	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Harrisburg, US	monthly rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Palestine, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Farmersburg, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Seymour 1 WSW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Anderson 1 N, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Lima Wwtp, US	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Paoli, US	monthly rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1937	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	46 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

1794 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 536 records.

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

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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Data for records on 1937-01-14: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 250	413
250 to 500	0
500 to 750	1
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	1