Weather Records on 31 December 1937

500 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 December 1937. Highest significance: White River, CA.

Key Facts for 31 December 1937

On 31 December 1937, 500 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 490 daily.
White River set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 31 December 1937.
Across 157 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

500 stations

500 station records on 31 December 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 December 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mandreal	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Firozabad	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uttamachipura	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Akhnoor	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mustafabad Jasra	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shikohabad	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kassuli	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Angai	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karhal	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hindaun	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hathras	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sikandra Rao	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirmuthra	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bayana Biana	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Machilpur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sahaswan	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagla	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bharatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

500 records

Records set or tied on 31 December 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 208, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 31 December 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	208
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 31 December 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

426 broken records

Margins by which the 426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 December 1937

Top 20 records on 31 December 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 December 1937	White River, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1937	White River, CA	daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1937	Tohana, IN	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1937	Sabalgarh, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1937	Baseri, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1937	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	all-time low max	3.6 C (38.5 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1937	Collingwood, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1937	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1937	Minden, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1937	Moorhead St Teachers C, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
31 December 1937	Anantnag, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1937	Mandreal, IN	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1937	Firozabad, IN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1937	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1937	Uttamachipura, IN	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1937	Akhnoor, IN	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1937	Sapotra, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1937	St John's, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1937	Kotarh, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
31 December 1937	Sri Ranbirsingh, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	10 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

1797 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1937. 1937 had 500 records.

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

Records on 12-31 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1826	1
1836	1
1842	2
1850	3
1853	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1870	2
1872	2
1874	4
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1890	2
1891	8
1892	4
1895	4
1897	6
1898	5
1899	4
1900	3
1901	16
1902	3
1903	3
1904	11
1905	9
1906	31
1907	11
1908	7
1909	5
1910	25
1911	14
1912	17
1913	46
1914	34
1915	32
1916	25
1917	239
1918	24
1919	38
1920	64
1921	130
1922	83
1923	280
1924	113
1925	183
1926	77
1927	491
1928	53
1929	224
1930	58
1931	543
1932	394
1933	409
1934	181
1935	309
1936	567
1937	500
1938	247
1939	298
1940	467
1941	159
1942	352
1943	159
1944	259
1945	210
1946	707
1947	461
1948	591
1949	384
1950	310
1951	1,421
1952	377
1953	410
1954	286
1955	429
1956	216
1957	724
1958	584
1959	414
1960	389
1961	309
1962	810
1963	1,015
1964	388
1965	1,371
1966	326
1967	1,023
1968	1,371
1969	825
1970	579
1971	568
1972	836
1973	1,370
1974	590
1975	791
1976	1,306
1977	641
1978	2,791
1979	448
1980	1,448
1981	786
1982	639
1983	2,220
1984	942
1985	593
1986	616
1987	845
1988	600
1989	506
1990	1,379
1991	703
1992	1,062
1993	718
1994	878
1995	1,151
1996	2,202
1997	988
1998	739
1999	524
2000	1,575
2001	748
2002	1,232
2003	523
2004	1,278
2005	959
2006	2,089
2007	652
2008	656
2009	867
2010	1,544
2011	739
2012	803
2013	606
2014	903
2015	748
2016	678
2017	1,589
2018	620
2019	593
2020	489
2021	1,739
2022	1,497
2023	474
2024	460
2025	760

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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	420
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1