Weather Records on 24 September 1937

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1937. Highest significance: Mohanpur, IN.

Key Facts for 24 September 1937

On 24 September 1937, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 233 daily.
Mohanpur set a daily record precipitation of 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 24 September 1937.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 24 September 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mohanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kukicherra	India	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Modasa	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Giddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vellore	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bolaram	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Byad	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trimbak	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 121.

Records on 24 September 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 September 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 233.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1937

Top 20 records on 24 September 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1937	Mohanpur, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	Rapur, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	Ft Smith, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	Singimari, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	Athipettu, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	Sfax El-Maou, TN	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	Setif, DZ	monthly rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	Macharla, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	St Joseph, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	Kukicherra, IN	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	Nord-Rana, NO	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1937	Stanton, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1937	Modasa, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1937	Winnebago, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1937	Stratford, CA	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	59 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1937	Pakala, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1937	Wakefield 3NW, US	all-time rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1937	Shahapur, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1937	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 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

1803 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1937. 1937 had 237 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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	170
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1