Weather Records on 11 March 1937

188 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1937. Highest significance: Sheffield, GB.

Key Facts for 11 March 1937

On 11 March 1937, 188 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 171 daily.
Sheffield set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 11 March 1937.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

188 stations

188 station records on 11 March 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	257.6 mm (10.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

188 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 51, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 11 March 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 11 March 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 171.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

140 broken records

Margins by which the 140 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1937

Top 20 records on 11 March 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1937	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1937	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	all-time rain	257.6 mm (10.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1937	Bridgetown Comparison, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1937	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1937	Orebro, SE	monthly low max	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Gavle, SE	monthly low max	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Storlien, SE	monthly low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	monthly low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Bjuraker, SE	monthly low max	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Armagh, GB	daily low max	2.1 C (35.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Harnosand, SE	monthly low max	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Sveg, SE	monthly low max	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Umea, SE	daily low max	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Pitea, SE	monthly low max	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily low max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	51 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1937	Sunny Corner (Snow Line), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	23 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

1793 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 188 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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 50	129
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1