Weather Records on 10 December 1937

449 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1937. Highest significance: Lakeview 2 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 10 December 1937

On 10 December 1937, 449 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 423 daily.
Lakeview 2 NNW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 60.7 mm (2.4 in) on 10 December 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

449 stations

449 station records on 10 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lathrop San Joaquin Bd	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lewers Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
West Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.8 C (-30.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

449 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 10 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 10 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 22, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

363 broken records

Margins by which the 363 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1937

Top 20 records on 10 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1937	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	all-time rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1937	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1937	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Second Valley (Spring Grove), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Paso Robles, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Emmett 2 E, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Yreka, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Lake Spaulding, US	all-time rain	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Lathrop San Joaquin Bd, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Rio Vista, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Marnitz, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	monthly snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Susanville 2SW, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	N Fk Rs, US	monthly rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Hollister 1 SW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Schwerin, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1937	Cloverdale, US	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	39 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

1796 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1937. 1937 had 449 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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 50	341
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1