Weather Records on 12 October 1937

185 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 October 1937. Highest significance: Marburg - Warrego Highway, AU.

Key Facts for 12 October 1937

On 12 October 1937, 185 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 181 daily.
Marburg - Warrego Highway set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 12 October 1937.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

185 stations

185 station records on 12 October 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 October 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malakoff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

185 records

Records set or tied on 12 October 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 82, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 12 October 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 October 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 181.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

150 broken records

Margins by which the 150 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 October 1937

Top 20 records on 12 October 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 October 1937	Marburg - Warrego Highway, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1937	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1937	Kukrahati, IN	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	142.3 mm (5.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1937	Gatton Allan Street, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1937	University of Queensland Gatto, AU	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1937	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1937	Caloundra Signal Station, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1937	Grandchester Symes St, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 October 1937	Wolston Park Hospital, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1937	Laidley Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1937	Mt Crosby, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1937	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1937	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1937	Bisbee, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1937	Cooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1937	Tombstone, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1937	Gormandale East, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1937	Ettumanur, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1937	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1937	Helidon Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	26 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

1805 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1937. 1937 had 185 records.

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

Records on 10-12 in each year
Year	Records
1805	2
1809	1
1810	1
1814	3
1822	1
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1875	2
1876	5
1879	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	2
1901	6
1902	14
1903	16
1904	30
1905	13
1906	16
1907	10
1908	13
1909	30
1910	13
1911	10
1912	30
1913	33
1914	17
1915	34
1916	29
1917	53
1918	29
1919	53
1920	79
1921	102
1922	21
1923	200
1924	129
1925	107
1926	201
1927	195
1928	714
1929	165
1930	606
1931	283
1932	398
1933	155
1934	477
1935	209
1936	301
1937	185
1938	470
1939	198
1940	235
1941	226
1942	540
1943	418
1944	274
1945	321
1946	554
1947	358
1948	311
1949	725
1950	594
1951	391
1952	352
1953	252
1954	911
1955	383
1956	899
1957	473
1958	448
1959	501
1960	449
1961	436
1962	971
1963	459
1964	636
1965	157
1966	423
1967	623
1968	443
1969	1,828
1970	763
1971	382
1972	412
1973	673
1974	369
1975	830
1976	582
1977	832
1978	525
1979	898
1980	741
1981	1,201
1982	777
1983	992
1984	636
1985	872
1986	1,510
1987	1,530
1988	1,015
1989	543
1990	1,325
1991	948
1992	865
1993	1,145
1994	934
1995	1,238
1996	816
1997	1,851
1998	741
1999	641
2000	1,095
2001	1,194
2002	1,139
2003	1,043
2004	750
2005	872
2006	1,357
2007	566
2008	1,669
2009	2,300
2010	797
2011	906
2012	921
2013	558
2014	514
2015	964
2016	374
2017	1,068
2018	1,195
2019	1,321
2020	655
2021	1,294
2022	439
2023	904
2024	958
2025	624
2026	710

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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	130
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1