Weather Records on 17 May 1937

183 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1937. Highest significance: Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga), AU.

Key Facts for 17 May 1937

On 17 May 1937, 183 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 178 daily.
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 17 May 1937.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

183 stations

183 station records on 17 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mangowine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Muir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Towera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar (Errowanbang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leichardt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bansi	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

183 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 77.

Records on 17 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 178.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

148 broken records

Margins by which the 148 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1937

Top 20 records on 17 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1937	Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga), AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1937	Moorarie, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1937	Mangowine, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1937	Lake Muir, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1937	Coldwater, CA	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1937	Towera, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1937	St Georges, CA	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1937	Orillia, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Okhimath, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Goalpara, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Millthorpe (Inala), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Bakhtiarpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Coloso, PR	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Yanrey, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Eudunda, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	10 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Socorro, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 May 1937	Bjuraker, SE	daily rain	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 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

1802 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1937. 1937 had 183 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

Download the Data

Data for records on 1937-05-17: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	124
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2