Weather Records on 23 April 1937

321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1937. Highest significance: Uthamapalayam, IN.

Key Facts for 23 April 1937

On 23 April 1937, 321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 313 daily.
Uthamapalayam set a daily record precipitation of 80.8 mm (3.2 in) on 23 April 1937.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

321 stations

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

Weather records on 23 April 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hosadurga	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pottangi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dhenkanal	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sringeri	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pawtucket	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anekal	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blythwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laingsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saranac	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Giddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sultan Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

321 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 23 April 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 23 April 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 313.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1937

Top 20 records on 23 April 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1937	Uthamapalayam, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1937	Chamarajnagar, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1937	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Hosadurga, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	7.8 cm (3.1 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Pottangi, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Ada, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Springer, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Boulder, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Siruguppa, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Montrose #2, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Mandurah Park, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Pinjarra, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Bhawanipatna, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Indianola 1SW, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Dinhata, IN	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Bhadrak, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Dhenkanal, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Montrose 1, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1937	Sringeri, IN	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	29 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 321 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	238
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1