Weather Records on 11 May 1937

170 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 May 1937. Highest significance: Anklam, DE.

Key Facts for 11 May 1937

On 11 May 1937, 170 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 169 daily.
Anklam set a daily record precipitation of 33.1 mm (1.3 in) on 11 May 1937.
Across 156 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

170 stations

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

Weather records on 11 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sanganer	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bilgram	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rottnest Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huxley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chhuikhadan	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur Sahara	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniara (Aligarh)	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aravakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

170 records

Records set or tied on 11 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 102.

Records on 11 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 169.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

138 broken records

Margins by which the 138 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 May 1937

Top 20 records on 11 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 May 1937	Anklam, DE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1937	Waren, DE	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1937	Hull, GB	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1937	Parnu, EE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1937	Sanganer, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1937	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1937	Bilgram, IN	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1937	Detroit, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 May 1937	Sholingur, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1937	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1937	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1937	Mora, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1937	Rockingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1937	Rottnest Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1937	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1937	Milaca, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1937	Jashpurnagar, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1937	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	58 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1937	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 May 1937	Fort St James, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	35 years	22 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

1814 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1937. 1937 had 170 records.

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

Records on 05-11 in each year
Year	Records
1814	3
1832	1
1836	3
1837	1
1838	1
1848	2
1856	1
1860	2
1865	1
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	2
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1883	3
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	5
1900	7
1901	9
1902	6
1903	7
1904	6
1905	12
1906	21
1907	44
1908	9
1909	12
1910	16
1911	99
1912	21
1913	20
1914	20
1915	16
1916	22
1917	40
1918	54
1919	56
1920	181
1921	58
1922	61
1923	111
1924	239
1925	410
1926	472
1927	318
1928	252
1929	126
1930	380
1931	254
1932	170
1933	429
1934	332
1935	276
1936	363
1937	170
1938	141
1939	213
1940	340
1941	411
1942	389
1943	646
1944	408
1945	483
1946	747
1947	480
1948	407
1949	451
1950	285
1951	395
1952	629
1953	686
1954	492
1955	235
1956	942
1957	439
1958	499
1959	575
1960	809
1961	663
1962	670
1963	984
1964	299
1965	356
1966	992
1967	974
1968	909
1969	349
1970	764
1971	565
1972	673
1973	429
1974	795
1975	383
1976	509
1977	836
1978	1,070
1979	1,239
1980	693
1981	1,298
1982	624
1983	930
1984	666
1985	835
1986	684
1987	1,247
1988	485
1989	952
1990	935
1991	990
1992	728
1993	1,088
1994	633
1995	1,244
1996	1,088
1997	1,033
1998	1,315
1999	1,052
2000	1,286
2001	848
2002	845
2003	1,321
2004	834
2005	944
2006	822
2007	833
2008	1,015
2009	605
2010	1,292
2011	1,414
2012	1,181
2013	615
2014	662
2015	1,038
2016	497
2017	546
2018	988
2019	915
2020	1,068
2021	590
2022	1,470
2023	390
2024	579
2025	1,104
2026	797

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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).