Weather Records on 5 October 1937

491 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1937. Highest significance: Camden 3 W, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 1937

On 5 October 1937, 491 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 439 daily.
Camden 3 W set a daily record precipitation of 105.7 mm (4.2 in) on 5 October 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

491 stations

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

Weather records on 5 October 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chandauli	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atner	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandara	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shahpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tendukhera	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lesliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mahuadaur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dwight	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ghosi	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pakribarwan	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Phaltan	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

491 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 236.

Records on 5 October 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 51, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

384 broken records

Margins by which the 384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1937

Top 20 records on 5 October 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1937	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1937	Culbertson, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1937	Chandauli, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1937	Veedersburg, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1937	Patan, IN	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1937	Atner, IN	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1937	Bhandara, IN	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1937	Shahpur, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1937	Malvan, IN	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1937	Patan, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1937	Mahua, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1937	Tendukhera, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1937	Burhanpur Sr, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1937	Edalabad, IN	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1937	Summerville 4W, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1937	Brandon Cda, CA	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1937	Windsor, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1937	Achalpur, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1937	Jalna, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1937	Tiruttani, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 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

1795 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1937. 1937 had 491 records.

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

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

Download the Data

Data for records on 1937-10-05: 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 20	325
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1