Weather Records on 1 January 1937

627 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1937. Highest significance: Tirrengower, AU.

Key Facts for 1 January 1937

On 1 January 1937, 627 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 603 daily.
Tirrengower set an all-time record daily precipitation of 102.9 mm (4.1 in) on 1 January 1937.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

627 stations

627 station records on 1 January 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie Manor (Boolarra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warkworth 1 Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

627 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 396, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 1 January 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 1 January 1937 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 15, daily 603.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1937

Top 20 records on 1 January 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1937	Tirrengower, AU	all-time rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	77 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1937	Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea, AU	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	77 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1937	Terang, AU	all-time rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1937	Cobden (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 January 1937	Peterborough, AU	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Beech Forest, AU	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Gellibrand River East (Lovat), AU	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Camperdown (Post Office), AU	all-time rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Duchesne, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Leslie Manor (Boolarra), AU	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Nullawarre, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Duchesne, US	all-time rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Stanton, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Willaura (Main Street), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Forrest State Forest, AU	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Caguas, PR	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Warkworth 1 Public School, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Barramunga, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Delta, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1937	Swan Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	45 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

1798 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1937. 1937 had 627 records.

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

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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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	551
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1