Weather Records on 4 March 1937

336 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1937. Highest significance: Balfour (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 March 1937

On 4 March 1937, 336 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 331 daily.
Balfour (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 95.5 mm (3.8 in) on 4 March 1937.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

336 stations

336 station records on 4 March 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Denninup Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bunkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kendenup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fanny Cove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woogenellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

336 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 4 March 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 4 March 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 331.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1937

Top 20 records on 4 March 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1937	Balfour (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1937	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1937	Kojonup, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1937	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1937	Denninup Vale, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1937	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1937	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1937	Port Townsend, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1937	Jerramungup, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1937	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1937	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1937	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1937	New Westminster, CA	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1937	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1937	Astoria, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1937	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1937	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1937	Bunkin, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1937	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1937	Graham, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	27 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

1801 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1937. 1937 had 336 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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	271
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1