Weather Records on 8 July 1937

287 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1937. Highest significance: Kealakekua 2 28.7, US.

Key Facts for 8 July 1937

On 8 July 1937, 287 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 282 daily.
Kealakekua 2 28.7 set a daily record precipitation of 80.3 mm (3.2 in) on 8 July 1937.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

287 stations

287 station records on 8 July 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kealakekua 2 28.7	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	248.2 mm (9.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Banswara	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buxar	India	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsganj	India	Record daily precipitation	232.9 mm (9.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sirmuthra	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Azamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jind	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatra	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
D.Baria	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

287 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 114.

Records on 8 July 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 282.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

223 broken records

Margins by which the 223 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 179.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1937

Top 20 records on 8 July 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1937	Kealakekua 2 28.7, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1937	Ramnagaram, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1937	Khushalgarh, IN	daily rain	248.2 mm (9.8 in)	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1937	Gila Bend 2SE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1937	Banswara, IN	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1937	Buxar, IN	daily rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1937	Portland, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1937	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1937	Robertsganj, IN	all-time rain	232.9 mm (9.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1937	Gorakhpur, IN	monthly rain	189.5 mm (7.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1937	Clunes, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1937	Shahabad, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1937	Mirzapur, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1937	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1937	Sawai Madhopur, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1937	Toronto, CA	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	58 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1937	Koolool, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1937	Addanki, IN	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1937	Biswan, IN	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1937	New Bedford Coop, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	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

1793 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 287 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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 25	206
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1