Weather Records on 15 September 1937

337 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 September 1937. Highest significance: Barwasagar, IN.

Key Facts for 15 September 1937

On 15 September 1937, 337 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 325 daily.
Barwasagar set a daily record precipitation of 184.7 mm (7.3 in) on 15 September 1937.
Across 170 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

337 stations

337 station records on 15 September 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 September 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barwasagar	India	Record daily precipitation	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Usilampatti	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moth	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Datia	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belathal	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kotputli	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhiwani	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tonk	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bijanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hansi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amethi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karhal	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

337 records

Records set or tied on 15 September 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 100.

Records on 15 September 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 September 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 325.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 141.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 September 1937

Top 20 records on 15 September 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 September 1937	Barwasagar, IN	daily rain	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1937	Usilampatti, IN	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1937	Jhansi, IN	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1937	Moth, IN	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1937	Datia, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 September 1937	Belathal, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Chatarpur, IN	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Bungowannah Park, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Kotputli, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Banjar(Saraj-Teh), IN	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Kotkhai, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Khurai, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Pitea, SE	monthly rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	St John's, CA	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	58 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Kulu, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Nowgong, IN	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Kulpahar, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Kunch, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 September 1937	Magarwara, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 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

1797 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1937. 1937 had 337 records.

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

Records on 09-15 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1803	1
1806	2
1810	1
1816	1
1818	1
1823	2
1833	1
1836	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	6
1884	3
1885	4
1886	2
1887	3
1888	1
1889	5
1890	1
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	12
1902	7
1903	31
1904	30
1905	16
1906	6
1907	7
1908	16
1909	16
1910	2
1911	40
1912	64
1913	43
1914	18
1915	94
1916	44
1917	50
1918	50
1919	52
1920	164
1921	122
1922	53
1923	193
1924	103
1925	112
1926	134
1927	539
1928	86
1929	99
1930	235
1931	422
1932	295
1933	322
1934	351
1935	463
1936	460
1937	337
1938	247
1939	1,098
1940	181
1941	276
1942	278
1943	360
1944	396
1945	418
1946	411
1947	621
1948	557
1949	523
1950	750
1951	283
1952	455
1953	400
1954	518
1955	532
1956	646
1957	449
1958	294
1959	844
1960	410
1961	586
1962	557
1963	455
1964	839
1965	614
1966	534
1967	578
1968	429
1969	362
1970	1,157
1971	598
1972	356
1973	774
1974	386
1975	739
1976	667
1977	400
1978	628
1979	1,022
1980	563
1981	613
1982	1,315
1983	756
1984	766
1985	764
1986	928
1987	719
1988	818
1989	955
1990	911
1991	1,165
1992	919
1993	2,227
1994	1,363
1995	723
1996	1,212
1997	1,177
1998	1,768
1999	858
2000	1,175
2001	837
2002	1,212
2003	855
2004	893
2005	1,123
2006	1,042
2007	946
2008	1,153
2009	773
2010	913
2011	1,170
2012	568
2013	854
2014	443
2015	997
2016	988
2017	825
2018	874
2019	538
2020	785
2021	467
2022	392
2023	507
2024	681
2025	503
2026	779

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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	225
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1