Weather Records on 12 November 1937

227 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1937. Highest significance: Belleville, CA.

Key Facts for 12 November 1937

On 12 November 1937, 227 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 216 daily.
Belleville set a daily record precipitation of 52.8 mm (2.1 in) on 12 November 1937.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

227 stations

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

Weather records on 12 November 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eutawville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Florence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meckering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Sir Samuel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barpeta	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kadayam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

227 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 12 November 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 12 November 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 216.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

185 broken records

Margins by which the 185 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1937

Top 20 records on 12 November 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1937	Belleville, CA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1937	Eutawville, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1937	Beaufort, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1937	Conway, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1937	Blakely, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1937	Effingham, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1937	Ft Gaines, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1937	Kingstree, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1937	Debrecen Airport, HU	monthly rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1937	Florence #1, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1937	Salisbury, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1937	Williamsburg 2 NW, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1937	Richmond Chimborazo Pk, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1937	Roanoke, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1937	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1937	Kelowna, CA	monthly snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	1.7 cm (0.7 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1937	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1937	Darlington, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1937	St Albans, CA	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
12 November 1937	St Albans, CA	monthly snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	26 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

1802 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1937. 1937 had 227 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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).