Weather Records on 4 September 1937

411 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 September 1937. Highest significance: Miller, US.

Key Facts for 4 September 1937

On 4 September 1937, 411 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 386 daily.
Miller set an all-time record daily precipitation of 152.4 mm (6.0 in) on 4 September 1937.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

411 stations

411 station records on 4 September 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 September 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sanjari	India	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dongargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

411 records

Records set or tied on 4 September 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 130.

Records on 4 September 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 September 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 386.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 September 1937

Top 20 records on 4 September 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 September 1937	Miller, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1937	Rajnandgaon, IN	monthly rain	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1937	Chainpur, IN	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1937	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1937	Ambagarh Chowki, IN	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1937	Ventspils, LV	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1937	Bluefield 2 NW, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1937	Beatrice, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1937	Durg(Drug), IN	monthly rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1937	Dhamtari, IN	monthly rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1937	Greensboro, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 September 1937	Sanjari, IN	monthly rain	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1937	Khapari, IN	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1937	Bhawanipatna, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1937	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1937	Romney 1 SW, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1937	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1937	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1937	Arcadia, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 September 1937	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	28 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

1802 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1937. 1937 had 411 records.

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

Records on 09-04 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1823	1
1833	1
1837	1
1839	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1854	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	4
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	4
1898	9
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	4
1903	2
1904	7
1905	18
1906	16
1907	22
1908	9
1909	23
1910	91
1911	25
1912	29
1913	29
1914	19
1915	37
1916	24
1917	40
1918	96
1919	48
1920	105
1921	105
1922	62
1923	325
1924	167
1925	339
1926	256
1927	68
1928	341
1929	371
1930	102
1931	477
1932	429
1933	424
1934	393
1935	514
1936	309
1937	411
1938	236
1939	434
1940	287
1941	528
1942	323
1943	472
1944	341
1945	542
1946	431
1947	618
1948	409
1949	370
1950	642
1951	404
1952	645
1953	869
1954	372
1955	465
1956	586
1957	250
1958	384
1959	316
1960	552
1961	909
1962	733
1963	443
1964	507
1965	611
1966	428
1967	786
1968	546
1969	510
1970	644
1971	717
1972	513
1973	530
1974	2,279
1975	432
1976	582
1977	386
1978	940
1979	461
1980	355
1981	582
1982	617
1983	1,040
1984	1,107
1985	915
1986	663
1987	685
1988	1,259
1989	681
1990	787
1991	708
1992	1,132
1993	859
1994	1,001
1995	1,287
1996	907
1997	1,452
1998	1,564
1999	1,479
2000	1,336
2001	833
2002	767
2003	1,094
2004	898
2005	998
2006	1,268
2007	1,077
2008	1,335
2009	914
2010	1,804
2011	1,310
2012	1,209
2013	630
2014	461
2015	893
2016	597
2017	881
2018	758
2019	616
2020	957
2021	544
2022	1,256
2023	1,290
2024	985
2025	635
2026	1,222

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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	277
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2