Weather Records on 26 January 1937

601 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1937. Highest significance: Gumeracha, AU.

Key Facts for 26 January 1937

On 26 January 1937, 601 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 587 daily.
Gumeracha set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 26 January 1937.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

601 stations

601 station records on 26 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Quorn Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

601 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 358, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 26 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	358
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 26 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 587.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

528 broken records

Margins by which the 528 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1937

Top 20 records on 26 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1937	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Mount Torrens, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Millicent, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Bloemhof, ZA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Cherry Gardens, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 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)
26 January 1937	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Williams, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Edenton, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Campbell Town (Quorn Hall), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Blakely, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Armour, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Ashton 1, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Stirling, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1937	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	35 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

1795 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1937. 1937 had 601 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

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Data for records on 1937-01-26: 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 100	518
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1