Weather Records on 5 September 1937

291 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1937. Highest significance: Osage City, US.

Key Facts for 5 September 1937

On 5 September 1937, 291 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 276 daily.
Osage City set a daily record precipitation of 78.5 mm (3.1 in) on 5 September 1937.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

291 stations

291 station records on 5 September 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Khurda	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salepur	India	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dharni	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambray	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harsud	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beberu	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dhenkanal	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

291 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 179.

Records on 5 September 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 276.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

246 broken records

Margins by which the 246 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1937

Top 20 records on 5 September 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1937	Osage City, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Khurda, IN	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Neosho Rapids, US	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Fortine 1 N, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Salepur, IN	monthly rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Seleng, IN	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Emporia 1 S, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Weston, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Lanji, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1937	Dharni, IN	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1937	Booneville, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1937	Billings Wtp, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1937	Bakke, NO	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1937	Makrai, IN	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1937	Jagatsingpur, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 September 1937	Cambray, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	30 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 291 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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Data for records on 1937-09-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	171
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	4
70 to 80	2