Weather Records on 19 May 1937

295 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 May 1937. Highest significance: Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO.

Key Facts for 19 May 1937

On 19 May 1937, 295 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 294 daily.
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder set a daily record precipitation of 38.8 mm (1.5 in) on 19 May 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

295 stations

295 station records on 19 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dalu	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkola	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rae Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalesar	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mathura	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amethi	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gurgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sikandra Rao	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Batala	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khair	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayanathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ageon	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

295 records

Records set or tied on 19 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 19 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 294.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

243 broken records

Margins by which the 243 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 May 1937

Top 20 records on 19 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 May 1937	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1937	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1937	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 May 1937	Honohina 137, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Dalu, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Haina 214, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Katanning Comparison, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Tunis, TN	daily high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Mulga Downs, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Barkola, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Moran India, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Sherkawan, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Pardelup, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Bikrampur, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Lungleh, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Bridgeport, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 1937	Basin, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	32 years	24 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

1798 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1937. 1937 had 295 records.

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

Records on 05-19 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1802	1
1803	1
1811	1
1825	1
1826	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1868	2
1870	2
1872	2
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	4
1881	2
1885	3
1886	1
1888	4
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	3
1898	1
1899	3
1900	16
1901	5
1902	6
1903	12
1904	5
1905	3
1906	22
1907	23
1908	11
1909	4
1910	34
1911	69
1912	11
1913	20
1914	37
1915	56
1916	44
1917	21
1918	64
1919	42
1920	28
1921	171
1922	48
1923	75
1924	179
1925	258
1926	102
1927	154
1928	118
1929	373
1930	277
1931	268
1932	758
1933	517
1934	476
1935	270
1936	144
1937	295
1938	432
1939	216
1940	306
1941	352
1942	463
1943	852
1944	453
1945	443
1946	329
1947	263
1948	605
1949	950
1950	487
1951	422
1952	568
1953	690
1954	642
1955	560
1956	605
1957	836
1958	369
1959	487
1960	708
1961	273
1962	1,092
1963	542
1964	358
1965	231
1966	483
1967	514
1968	735
1969	912
1970	415
1971	772
1972	478
1973	676
1974	734
1975	616
1976	1,238
1977	726
1978	1,215
1979	516
1980	401
1981	1,264
1982	464
1983	1,014
1984	597
1985	386
1986	1,022
1987	876
1988	726
1989	694
1990	600
1991	1,020
1992	1,017
1993	934
1994	883
1995	1,175
1996	2,038
1997	1,074
1998	1,237
1999	682
2000	1,055
2001	779
2002	2,461
2003	1,523
2004	788
2005	834
2006	1,276
2007	725
2008	950
2009	1,577
2010	959
2011	1,257
2012	509
2013	841
2014	560
2015	1,080
2016	634
2017	1,547
2018	468
2019	1,239
2020	790
2021	579
2022	1,147
2023	709
2024	469
2025	764
2026	1,358

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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 10	200
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2