Weather Records on 11 October 1937

242 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1937. Highest significance: Westwood Store, AU.

Key Facts for 11 October 1937

On 11 October 1937, 242 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 240 daily.
Westwood Store set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 11 October 1937.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

242 stations

242 station records on 11 October 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 October 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flat Top Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Culgoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rupanyup (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

242 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 11 October 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 October 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 240.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

218 broken records

Margins by which the 218 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1937

Top 20 records on 11 October 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1937	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Korong Vale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Boort, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Chernjaevo, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Stawell, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Binya Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Sydney, CA	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Nebo, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Babb 6 NE, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Flat Top Island, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Buchan, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1937	Burpengary Ulmann Rd, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1937	Canary Island South, AU	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1937	Naboomspruit (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1937	Kabra Railway STN, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1937	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1937	Rockhampton Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1937	Berens River, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 October 1937	Marlborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	27 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

1793 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 242 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	864

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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	203
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1