Weather Records on 17 September 1937

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 1937. Highest significance: Sarna, SE.

Key Facts for 17 September 1937

On 17 September 1937, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 266 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 461 daily.
Sarna set a daily record precipitation of 36.0 mm (1.4 in) on 17 September 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 17 September 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bano	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 169, Heaviest daily rainfall 54.

Records on 17 September 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	169
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 461.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

357 broken records

Margins by which the 357 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 1937

Top 20 records on 17 September 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 1937	Sarna, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1937	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Malung, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Durham, GB	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	54 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Talegaon, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Lankeys Creek (Woodridge), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Kamloops, CA	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Bano, IN	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	15.3 C (59.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	58 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Butlerville 2 WNW, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Mt Sterling, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Sewanee, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Harrisburg, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Mauzy, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Amherst, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Morrisonville 4 SE, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1937	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	43 years	22 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

1796 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1937. 1937 had 463 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	968

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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 5	325
5 to 10	17
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	2