Weather Records on 11 December 1937

839 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 December 1937. Highest significance: Cape Northumberland, AU.

Key Facts for 11 December 1937

On 11 December 1937, 839 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 779 daily.
Cape Northumberland set a daily record precipitation of 34.8 mm (1.4 in) on 11 December 1937.
Across 154 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

839 stations

839 station records on 11 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nethercote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

839 records

Records set or tied on 11 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 437, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 11 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	437
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 11 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 57, daily 779.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

714 broken records

Margins by which the 714 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 December 1937

Top 20 records on 11 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 December 1937	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1937	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 December 1937	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Stirling, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Millicent, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Beachport, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Lucindale Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Bologna, IT	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Mount McIntyre, AU	all-time rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Nethercote, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	St Marys (Cullenswood), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Carrick (Oaks Road), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Cedarville, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Kingston SE, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 December 1937	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	46 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 839 records.

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

Records on 12-11 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1815	2
1825	2
1841	1
1852	1
1855	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	4
1872	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	4
1880	2
1882	3
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1897	2
1898	14
1899	5
1900	4
1901	5
1902	6
1903	2
1904	28
1905	15
1906	12
1907	30
1908	18
1909	7
1910	31
1911	49
1912	36
1913	8
1914	13
1915	93
1916	55
1917	103
1918	32
1919	40
1920	58
1921	49
1922	143
1923	88
1924	84
1925	81
1926	77
1927	232
1928	111
1929	345
1930	72
1931	762
1932	696
1933	260
1934	480
1935	290
1936	357
1937	839
1938	231
1939	626
1940	302
1941	353
1942	263
1943	196
1944	407
1945	234
1946	717
1947	342
1948	153
1949	1,201
1950	463
1951	261
1952	923
1953	157
1954	492
1955	312
1956	300
1957	517
1958	985
1959	322
1960	746
1961	1,300
1962	723
1963	604
1964	542
1965	1,216
1966	525
1967	945
1968	543
1969	587
1970	617
1971	900
1972	1,514
1973	334
1974	313
1975	454
1976	380
1977	1,182
1978	678
1979	847
1980	522
1981	949
1982	657
1983	971
1984	1,013
1985	1,471
1986	561
1987	639
1988	850
1989	584
1990	747
1991	1,102
1992	1,357
1993	749
1994	1,243
1995	1,837
1996	1,307
1997	1,203
1998	1,012
1999	769
2000	1,584
2001	626
2002	1,139
2003	646
2004	1,166
2005	816
2006	858
2007	1,613
2008	1,312
2009	1,091
2010	1,284
2011	416
2012	618
2013	737
2014	893
2015	1,183
2016	489
2017	670
2018	353
2019	442
2020	517
2021	1,175
2022	679
2023	814
2024	539
2025	1,691

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Data for records on 1937-12-11: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	684
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1