Weather Records on 8 August 1937

362 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1937. Highest significance: Lakefield, CA.

Key Facts for 8 August 1937

On 8 August 1937, 362 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 344 daily.
Lakefield set a daily record precipitation of 72.1 mm (2.8 in) on 8 August 1937.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

362 stations

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

Weather records on 8 August 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Almora	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balurghat	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	216.7 mm (8.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atraula	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Periyanaickampal	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manjhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

362 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 108.

Records on 8 August 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1937 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

277 broken records

Margins by which the 277 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1937

Top 20 records on 8 August 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1937	Lakefield, CA	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1937	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1937	Uccle, BE	daily high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	90 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1937	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1937	Karnah, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1937	Nainital, IN	daily rain	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1937	Ranikhet, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1937	Domeriaganj Sr, IN	daily rain	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1937	Moncton, CA	all-time high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1937	Madhubani, IN	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1937	Chainpur, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1937	Concord, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1937	Woodward, US	all-time high min	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1937	Khaga, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1937	Lapeer 2 SE, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1937	Montrose, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1937	Almora, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1937	Chazy, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1937	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1937	Balurghat, IN	daily rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	3 years	27 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 362 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	248
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1