Weather Records on 15 December 1937

310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 December 1937. Highest significance: Uman, UA.

Key Facts for 15 December 1937

On 15 December 1937, 310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 304 daily.
Uman set a daily record precipitation of 30.4 mm (1.2 in) on 15 December 1937.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

310 stations

310 station records on 15 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nasik	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ghorajheri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niphad	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nandurbar	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne City	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chandor	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shahada	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barwani	India	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

310 records

Records set or tied on 15 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 15 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 15 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 304.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 530.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 December 1937

Top 20 records on 15 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 December 1937	Uman, UA	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1937	Nasik, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1937	Blanco, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1937	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1937	Hedrum, NO	daily snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1937	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1937	Maryland, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1937	Burnet, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1937	Marnitz, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1937	Bay City, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 December 1937	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1937	Poortjie, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1937	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1937	Coraki Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1937	Brockville, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1937	Parys (Mun), ZA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1937	Sinnar, IN	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1937	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1937	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 December 1937	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	51 years	28 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

1793 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 310 records.

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

Records on 12-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1810	1
1814	3
1815	1
1825	1
1831	1
1840	2
1844	2
1846	3
1847	1
1854	3
1859	2
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	1
1896	5
1897	2
1899	12
1900	5
1901	21
1902	3
1903	7
1904	9
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	5
1909	5
1910	4
1911	23
1912	42
1913	13
1914	239
1915	180
1916	40
1917	40
1918	54
1919	28
1920	35
1921	26
1922	65
1923	132
1924	358
1925	187
1926	226
1927	235
1928	388
1929	500
1930	160
1931	284
1932	385
1933	796
1934	199
1935	140
1936	286
1937	310
1938	100
1939	637
1940	464
1941	373
1942	385
1943	486
1944	281
1945	420
1946	521
1947	634
1948	1,239
1949	135
1950	292
1951	962
1952	367
1953	270
1954	413
1955	371
1956	531
1957	304
1958	531
1959	560
1960	313
1961	883
1962	979
1963	670
1964	371
1965	759
1966	275
1967	948
1968	510
1969	352
1970	215
1971	1,739
1972	1,159
1973	615
1974	511
1975	1,230
1976	349
1977	963
1978	499
1979	560
1980	1,085
1981	1,243
1982	831
1983	1,229
1984	1,397
1985	1,077
1986	502
1987	1,740
1988	519
1989	2,753
1990	846
1991	636
1992	1,263
1993	734
1994	676
1995	848
1996	727
1997	1,521
1998	1,216
1999	621
2000	1,154
2001	1,026
2002	831
2003	846
2004	795
2005	953
2006	1,491
2007	973
2008	1,789
2009	930
2010	1,705
2011	780
2012	1,058
2013	701
2014	1,045
2015	1,398
2016	1,024
2017	332
2018	539
2019	547
2020	400
2021	1,182
2022	1,057
2023	794
2024	369
2025	2,115

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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	270
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1