Weather Records on 3 December 1937

284 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1937. Highest significance: Rokewood (the Meadows), AU.

Key Facts for 3 December 1937

On 3 December 1937, 284 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 272 daily.
Rokewood (the Meadows) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 95.8 mm (3.8 in) on 3 December 1937.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

284 stations

284 station records on 3 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Learmonth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moonambel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Slaty Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waikerie (Ramco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sheep Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Tillara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mulgundawa Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bellellen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

284 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 3 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 3 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 7, daily 272.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

252 broken records

Margins by which the 252 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1937

Top 20 records on 3 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1937	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	all-time rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1937	Willsons River, AU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1937	Smythesdale, AU	all-time rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1937	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1937	Amphitheatre, AU	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Linton Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Clunes, AU	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Navarre, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Learmonth, AU	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Beeac (Post Office), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Lexton, AU	all-time rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Talbot (Post Office), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Dawson (Anda-Vale), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs., AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Moonambel, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1937	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	43 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 284 records.

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

Records on 12-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1797	1
1801	1
1807	1
1810	1
1816	1
1828	1
1829	2
1831	1
1832	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	3
1856	4
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1870	2
1872	3
1873	1
1875	4
1876	3
1879	8
1882	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	13
1903	9
1904	5
1905	33
1906	23
1907	2
1908	4
1909	45
1910	8
1911	12
1912	23
1913	66
1914	74
1915	19
1916	153
1917	34
1918	29
1919	88
1920	44
1921	128
1922	68
1923	58
1924	89
1925	152
1926	189
1927	247
1928	79
1929	651
1930	131
1931	352
1932	528
1933	486
1934	270
1935	267
1936	379
1937	284
1938	347
1939	443
1940	1,023
1941	1,141
1942	595
1943	290
1944	284
1945	194
1946	443
1947	814
1948	419
1949	177
1950	689
1951	881
1952	242
1953	804
1954	493
1955	763
1956	679
1957	211
1958	583
1959	372
1960	577
1961	342
1962	923
1963	331
1964	824
1965	308
1966	1,076
1967	859
1968	646
1969	395
1970	1,247
1971	999
1972	890
1973	778
1974	661
1975	638
1976	1,315
1977	681
1978	1,406
1979	959
1980	1,128
1981	644
1982	3,010
1983	1,255
1984	645
1985	2,305
1986	801
1987	682
1988	672
1989	1,064
1990	1,178
1991	1,521
1992	776
1993	670
1994	664
1995	725
1996	694
1997	854
1998	1,969
1999	982
2000	759
2001	604
2002	977
2003	519
2004	739
2005	1,140
2006	1,167
2007	793
2008	804
2009	1,124
2010	1,879
2011	852
2012	1,355
2013	799
2014	510
2015	533
2016	347
2017	669
2018	1,043
2019	490
2020	409
2021	1,364
2022	448
2023	810
2024	709
2025	578

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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	210
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	4