Weather Records on 4 October 1937

483 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 October 1937. Highest significance: Anderson, US.

Key Facts for 4 October 1937

On 4 October 1937, 483 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 448 daily.
Anderson set a daily record precipitation of 105.7 mm (4.2 in) on 4 October 1937.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

483 stations

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

Weather records on 4 October 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kudal	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Devrukh	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Risod	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Asifabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Radford	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahespur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balapur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malta	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murtajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

483 records

Records set or tied on 4 October 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 October 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 October 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

393 broken records

Margins by which the 393 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 October 1937

Top 20 records on 4 October 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 October 1937	Anderson, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Devgad, IN	monthly rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Medha, IN	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	St Albans, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Burnside, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Chappells 2 NNW, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Bluefield 2 NW, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Vengurla, IN	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Samastipur, IN	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Patan, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Red Lodge, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Kuturi, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Vayittiri, IN	daily rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Sawantwadi, IN	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Kudal, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Satara, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Calhoun Falls, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Greenwood, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 October 1937	Karad, IN	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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

1795 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1937. 1937 had 483 records.

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

Records on 10-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	1
1841	2
1843	1
1844	2
1847	2
1853	1
1859	1
1864	8
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	3
1888	5
1889	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	3
1898	4
1899	1
1900	3
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	5
1905	11
1906	29
1907	10
1908	18
1909	13
1910	21
1911	23
1912	101
1913	12
1914	18
1915	13
1916	137
1917	157
1918	127
1919	30
1920	31
1921	46
1922	44
1923	21
1924	63
1925	130
1926	255
1927	172
1928	131
1929	339
1930	244
1931	361
1932	413
1933	299
1934	121
1935	833
1936	161
1937	483
1938	440
1939	345
1940	220
1941	850
1942	198
1943	426
1944	328
1945	543
1946	314
1947	592
1948	449
1949	491
1950	565
1951	617
1952	717
1953	358
1954	999
1955	630
1956	467
1957	533
1958	704
1959	812
1960	246
1961	758
1962	313
1963	528
1964	389
1965	760
1966	464
1967	440
1968	587
1969	628
1970	539
1971	361
1972	712
1973	604
1974	1,846
1975	681
1976	869
1977	517
1978	488
1979	733
1980	975
1981	994
1982	415
1983	762
1984	864
1985	863
1986	1,265
1987	1,502
1988	713
1989	742
1990	845
1991	813
1992	866
1993	956
1994	1,341
1995	1,192
1996	1,012
1997	928
1998	1,487
1999	1,596
2000	917
2001	547
2002	1,465
2003	610
2004	562
2005	1,973
2006	987
2007	997
2008	935
2009	1,431
2010	1,230
2011	919
2012	864
2013	1,130
2014	611
2015	741
2016	680
2017	780
2018	979
2019	1,131
2020	897
2021	644
2022	561
2023	936
2024	1,197
2025	979
2026	942

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Data for records on 1937-10-04: 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 20	297
20 to 40	62
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	1