Weather Records on 14 December 1937

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1937. Highest significance: Orleansville (Chlef), DZ.

Key Facts for 14 December 1937

On 14 December 1937, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 320 daily.
Orleansville (Chlef) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 14 December 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 14 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gokak	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.4 C (-28.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 14 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 14 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 320.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 560.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1937

Top 20 records on 14 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1937	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	Marnitz, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	Burnet, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	Hedrum, NO	daily snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	Harrismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	Roodepoort (Mun), ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	Boerne, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	Wallaceburg, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1937	San Marcos, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1937	New Westminster, CA	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	61 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1937	Brucefield, CA	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1937	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1937	Ft Stockton 1, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1937	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1937	Bagewadi, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 December 1937	Buckland Downs, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	27 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 325 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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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 100	282
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1