Weather Records on 1 August 1937

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1937. Highest significance: Kellogg, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 1937

On 1 August 1937, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 479 daily.
Kellogg set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 1 August 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 1 August 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kellogg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	260.4 mm (10.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 190.

Records on 1 August 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1937 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

387 broken records

Margins by which the 387 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1937

Top 20 records on 1 August 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1937	Kellogg, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Princeton, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Watertown, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Armagh, GB	daily high min	17.4 C (63.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Honokane 181.1, US	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Zugspitze, DE	all-time rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Miles City, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Awini 182.1, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Milan, IT	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Chattanooga, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Angus 1 N, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Arthurville (Cramond), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Rockingham, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Genoa, IT	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1937	Naalehu 14, US	all-time rain	260.4 mm (10.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1937	Gangapur, IN	monthly rain	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	33 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

1797 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1937. 1937 had 492 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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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 20	347
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1