Weather Records on 11 August 1937

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1937. Highest significance: Avon, US.

Key Facts for 11 August 1937

On 11 August 1937, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 332 daily.
Avon set an all-time record daily precipitation of 132.3 mm (5.2 in) on 11 August 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

356 stations

356 station records on 11 August 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Novosibirsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Purple Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Point Lowly Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whyalla (Norrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 107.

Records on 11 August 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1937 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 19, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

248 broken records

Margins by which the 248 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1937

Top 20 records on 11 August 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1937	Avon, US	all-time rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	70 of 100 (Major)
11 August 1937	Saltsburg, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1937	Novosibirsk, RU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1937	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1937	Marysville, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1937	Osage, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1937	Orillia, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1937	Berkeley, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1937	Plainfield, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1937	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1937	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1937	Cap Chat, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1937	Orland, US	all-time high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1937	Gloversville, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1937	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1937	Quebec, CA	all-time rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1937	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1937	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1937	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 August 1937	Sydney, CA	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	54 years	29 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 356 records.

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

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

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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	207
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2