Weather Records on 19 February 1937

405 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 February 1937. Highest significance: Oudtshoorn, ZA.

Key Facts for 19 February 1937

On 19 February 1937, 405 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 403 daily.
Oudtshoorn set a daily record precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 19 February 1937.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

405 stations

405 station records on 19 February 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 February 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koath	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	195.0 cm (76.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bissem-Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Molesworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

405 records

Records set or tied on 19 February 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 268, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 19 February 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 19 February 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 403.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 790.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 February 1937

Top 20 records on 19 February 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 February 1937	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1937	Kelowna, CA	all-time snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1937	Nandyal, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1937	Itchapuram, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1937	Ageon, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1937	Koath, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1937	Punalur, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1937	Boetsap (Pol), ZA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1937	Drouin Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1937	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1937	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1937	Rasra, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1937	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	195.0 cm (76.8 in)	79.0 cm (31.1 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1937	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1937	Hawi 168, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1937	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1937	Kinglake, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1937	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1937	Bissem-Cuttack, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1937	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	26 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

1794 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 405 records.

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

Records on 02-19 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1809	2
1827	2
1845	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	2
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	9
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	2
1903	38
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	13
1908	34
1909	28
1910	21
1911	20
1912	22
1913	14
1914	35
1915	43
1916	54
1917	77
1918	196
1919	184
1920	80
1921	86
1922	58
1923	86
1924	486
1925	53
1926	132
1927	148
1928	269
1929	634
1930	1,175
1931	195
1932	230
1933	153
1934	391
1935	165
1936	1,310
1937	405
1938	612
1939	748
1940	321
1941	242
1942	757
1943	333
1944	589
1945	252
1946	573
1947	281
1948	493
1949	636
1950	342
1951	898
1952	678
1953	359
1954	670
1955	980
1956	631
1957	346
1958	1,186
1959	551
1960	650
1961	809
1962	418
1963	470
1964	439
1965	400
1966	700
1967	342
1968	674
1969	574
1970	393
1971	1,059
1972	1,086
1973	489
1974	804
1975	690
1976	611
1977	1,006
1978	1,790
1979	1,888
1980	931
1981	2,345
1982	582
1983	607
1984	704
1985	841
1986	2,015
1987	549
1988	715
1989	1,381
1990	1,395
1991	880
1992	506
1993	1,674
1994	1,466
1995	1,321
1996	878
1997	874
1998	1,601
1999	713
2000	1,044
2001	384
2002	1,285
2003	650
2004	946
2005	582
2006	1,900
2007	616
2008	572
2009	584
2010	1,055
2011	1,292
2012	475
2013	333
2014	601
2015	1,612
2016	1,009
2017	1,270
2018	1,311
2019	1,280
2020	735
2021	1,230
2022	395
2023	380
2024	683
2025	1,739
2026	1,084

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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	339
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1