Weather Records on 28 March 1937

576 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1937. Highest significance: Tulbagh (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 28 March 1937

On 28 March 1937, 576 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 397 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 563 daily.
Tulbagh (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 28 March 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

576 stations

576 station records on 28 March 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belgaum	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	192.0 cm (75.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hinganghat	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Hill 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakersfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umrer	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khairee	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arvi	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Asola	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yeotmal	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

576 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 252, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 145, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 28 March 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	252
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	145
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 28 March 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 563.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 1937

Top 20 records on 28 March 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1937	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Las Vegas, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Malmesbury, ZA	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Dharwar, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Seoni, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	The Towers, ZA	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Belgaum, IN	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Betul(Badnur), IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1937	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	192.0 cm (75.6 in)	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1937	Hubli, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1937	Eutawville, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1937	Mykland, NO	daily snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1937	Society Hill 6 S, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	43 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1937	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1937	Shahpur, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	0 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

1805 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1937. 1937 had 576 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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	428
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1