Weather Records on 17 January 1937

196 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1937. Highest significance: Cedar Hill 1, US.

Key Facts for 17 January 1937

On 17 January 1937, 196 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 195 daily.
Cedar Hill 1 set a daily record precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 17 January 1937.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

196 stations

196 station records on 17 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cedar Hill 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Worsham	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Needles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fanny Cove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

196 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 17 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 17 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 195.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

148 broken records

Margins by which the 148 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1937

Top 20 records on 17 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1937	Cedar Hill 1, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1937	Worsham, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1937	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1937	Delaware, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1937	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1937	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1937	Needles, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 January 1937	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Dickson, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Williams, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Perryville, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Greensburg, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Oracle, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Carthage, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Bardstown, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Armour, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Mellette 4 W, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1937	Bancroft, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	50 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 196 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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 100	142
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1