Weather Records on 4 December 1937

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1937. Highest significance: Bamberg, DE.

Key Facts for 4 December 1937

On 4 December 1937, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 145 daily.
Bamberg set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 4 December 1937.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 4 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jallukar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda (Springdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowabie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganmain (Dullah Dullah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Monierkhal	India	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.3 C (-24.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blythwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wodonga Express	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	93.0 cm (36.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 4 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 4 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 145.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

134 broken records

Margins by which the 134 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1937

Top 20 records on 4 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1937	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1937	Cobden (Post Office), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1937	Douglas Smelter, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1937	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1937	Wickliffe, AU	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1937	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Wangaratta, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Meilman, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Jallukar, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Buangor 1, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Singleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Olinda (Springdale), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Burrumbuttock (Holyrood), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Bjuroklubb, SE	daily rain	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Quincy, US	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 December 1937	Princetown (Rivernook), AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	28 years	20 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

1796 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1937. 1937 had 148 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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	103
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3