Weather Records on 7 April 1937

170 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1937. Highest significance: Rayakottah, IN.

Key Facts for 7 April 1937

On 7 April 1937, 170 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 167 daily.
Rayakottah set a daily record precipitation of 67.8 mm (2.7 in) on 7 April 1937.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

170 stations

170 station records on 7 April 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anekal	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	163.0 cm (64.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Markapur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaikalur	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

170 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 82, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 7 April 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 7 April 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 167.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

127 broken records

Margins by which the 127 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 630.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1937

Top 20 records on 7 April 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1937	Rayakottah, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1937	Beaufort, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1937	Anekal, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1937	Nebraska City 1 NW, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1937	Hebron, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Janwada, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	163.0 cm (64.2 in)	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Laramie, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Cumbam, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Srungavarapukota, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Taung, ZA	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Geneva, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Syracuse, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	South Pass City, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Dolphin@S Nose Obsy, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Bruning, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Kakinada, IN	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1937	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 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

1800 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1937. 1937 had 170 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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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	122
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1