Weather Records on 23 March 1937

243 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1937. Highest significance: Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 1937

On 23 March 1937, 243 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 236 daily.
Wentworth 2.5 WNW set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 23 March 1937.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

243 stations

243 station records on 23 March 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	176.0 cm (69.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kattumavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

243 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 23 March 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 23 March 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 236.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

214 broken records

Margins by which the 214 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 720.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1937

Top 20 records on 23 March 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1937	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	Weeping Water, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	Hebron, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	Reserve, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	Tekamah, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	Clark, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	David City 4E, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	New England, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1937	Pauls Valley 4 WSW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1937	Redfield, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1937	Seward, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1937	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1937	Dras, IN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1937	Yreka, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1937	Orleans, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1937	Mellette 4 W, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	6 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

1796 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1937. 1937 had 243 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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	205
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1