Weather Records on 2 November 1937

236 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1937. Highest significance: Glengallan, AU.

Key Facts for 2 November 1937

On 2 November 1937, 236 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 227 daily.
Glengallan set a daily record precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 2 November 1937.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

236 stations

236 station records on 2 November 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 November 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Brush	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rouchel Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Premer (Eden Moor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mobinbry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lochinvar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Muscle Creek (Clendinning)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jondarayan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

236 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 169.

Records on 2 November 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 November 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 227.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

202 broken records

Margins by which the 202 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1937

Top 20 records on 2 November 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1937	Glengallan, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Maryland, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Dungog Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Western Creek, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Bulahdelah Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Pine Brush, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Stewarts River Public School, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Rouchel Brook, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Mullaley (Bando), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Mount Wilson (Nooroo), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Premer (Eden Moor), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Macksville Country Club, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1937	Helidon Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	34 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 236 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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 10	133
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1