Weather Records on 24 January 1937

600 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 January 1937. Highest significance: Taylorsville 2SW, US.

Key Facts for 24 January 1937

On 24 January 1937, 600 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 576 daily.
Taylorsville 2SW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 186.9 mm (7.4 in) on 24 January 1937.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

600 stations

600 station records on 24 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Elmwood Av	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	117.0 cm (46.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

600 records

Records set or tied on 24 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 24 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 24 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 18, daily 576.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 January 1937

Top 20 records on 24 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 January 1937	Taylorsville 2SW, US	all-time rain	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	63 of 100 (Major)
24 January 1937	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Charam, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Armour, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Earlington, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Snowflake, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Moores Hill, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Calhoun (1), US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Circleville, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Holbrook, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Bucyrus, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Paoli, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Williamstown, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 January 1937	Anchorage, US	all-time rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	40 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

1796 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1937. 1937 had 600 records.

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

Records on 01-24 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1817	1
1823	2
1828	2
1834	2
1845	1
1846	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	1
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	15
1897	2
1899	7
1900	4
1901	2
1902	7
1903	6
1904	11
1905	8
1906	20
1907	24
1908	12
1909	69
1910	20
1911	11
1912	11
1913	27
1914	27
1915	30
1916	28
1917	63
1918	52
1919	55
1920	34
1921	45
1922	89
1923	78
1924	116
1925	67
1926	100
1927	172
1928	215
1929	396
1930	639
1931	436
1932	245
1933	605
1934	361
1935	731
1936	1,085
1937	600
1938	545
1939	198
1940	827
1941	987
1942	634
1943	715
1944	634
1945	130
1946	355
1947	788
1948	1,257
1949	1,123
1950	1,342
1951	466
1952	383
1953	815
1954	368
1955	536
1956	366
1957	305
1958	381
1959	702
1960	348
1961	508
1962	478
1963	1,710
1964	461
1965	537
1966	553
1967	1,249
1968	711
1969	1,049
1970	834
1971	534
1972	756
1973	472
1974	636
1975	523
1976	631
1977	532
1978	1,427
1979	1,436
1980	782
1981	1,324
1982	759
1983	786
1984	677
1985	583
1986	415
1987	842
1988	766
1989	673
1990	929
1991	1,034
1992	894
1993	1,433
1994	634
1995	578
1996	1,150
1997	822
1998	524
1999	1,745
2000	1,135
2001	750
2002	1,724
2003	1,485
2004	719
2005	1,078
2006	928
2007	1,136
2008	973
2009	1,046
2010	1,225
2011	810
2012	503
2013	768
2014	926
2015	617
2016	887
2017	958
2018	721
2019	627
2020	789
2021	517
2022	434
2023	657
2024	1,018
2025	715
2026	1,625

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Data for records on 1937-01-24: 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 50	469
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	2