Weather Records on 27 December 1937

241 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1937. Highest significance: Vancouver 4 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 1937

On 27 December 1937, 241 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 227 daily.
Vancouver 4 NNE set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 27 December 1937.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

241 stations

241 station records on 27 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	295.7 mm (11.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orofino	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Warloo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jarrahdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

241 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 92, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 27 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 27 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 227.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 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

27 December 1937

Top 20 records on 27 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1937	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1937	Kellogg, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1937	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Port Blair, IN	all-time rain	295.7 mm (11.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Colfax, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Vancouver Interst Brg, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Ovando, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Newport, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Victoria Gonzales Hts, CA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Bremerton, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	La Ctr, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Orofino, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1937	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	37 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

1793 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 241 records.

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

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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Data for records on 1937-12-27: 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	187
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2