Weather Records on 17 October 1937

865 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1937. Highest significance: Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU.

Key Facts for 17 October 1937

On 17 October 1937, 865 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 349 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 832 daily.
Glenthompson (Brie Brie) set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 17 October 1937.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

865 stations

865 station records on 17 October 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 October 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Tillara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalpienung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Doreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wallace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra (Duntroon Military Co	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watchupga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winiam Clear Bank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

865 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 140, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 209, Heaviest daily rainfall 466, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 October 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	140
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	209
Heaviest daily rainfall	466
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 October 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 832.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

769 broken records

Margins by which the 769 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1937

Top 20 records on 17 October 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1937	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1937	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Meredith, AU	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Mason City, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Euston Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Moyston, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Mahackala, RU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Ballan, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Bridgewater (Post Office), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Geelong Salines (Moolap), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Balranald (Tillara), AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Kalpienung, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Lara Lake, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Goulburn (Kippilaw), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Doreen, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Myrniong, AU	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1937	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	49 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

1793 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 865 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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 100	768
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1