The Year in Rain & Snow
1937
100%
ran at 100% of normal — wetter than usual — across 293 cities, the 101st driest of 157 years on record.
Extremes
Biggest Rain Day of 1937
10.58in
Pensacola, FL · Apr 24
Snowiest Station of 1937
107.9in
Fairbanks, AK · calendar-year snowfall
Records Set in 1937
Daily Rainfall Records Set
844
calendar-day rainfall records set in 1937 that still stand today
National Precipitation
100%
of the 1996–2025 average across 293 cities
Where the Year Ran Wet & Dry
Each city's 1937 precipitation as a percent of its 1996–2025 normal — brown where the year ran dry, green-to-blue where it ran wet.
Month by Month
Precipitation by month as a percent of normal — blue above the line is a wet month, amber below is dry.
178%J
98%F
97%M
106%A
76%M
112%J
95%J
93%A
75%S
106%O
92%N
98%D
Driest Stations & States
Driest Stations of 1937
| 1 | Valentine NE | 53% |
| 2 | Barrow AK | 54% |
| 3 | Topeka KS | 54% |
| 4 | Dodge City KS | 56% |
| 5 | Del Rio TX | 58% |
| 6 | Glasgow MT | 58% |
| 7 | North Platte NE | 59% |
| 8 | Las Vegas NV | 63% |
| 9 | Pueblo CO | 63% |
| 10 | Colorado Springs CO | 64% |
Wettest Stations of 1937
| 1 | Klamath Falls OR | 176% |
| 2 | Charlottesville VA | 176% |
| 3 | Crescent City CA | 169% |
| 4 | Riverside CA | 163% |
| 5 | Redding CA | 159% |
| 6 | Salem OR | 157% |
| 7 | McMinnville OR | 156% |
| 8 | Palmdale CA | 155% |
| 9 | Stockton CA | 153% |
| 10 | Camarillo CA | 151% |
By State
Wettest states of 1937
Oregon142%Virginia129%District of Columbia129%California127%Washington127%New Hampshire118%
Driest states of 1937
Kansas66%Nebraska72%Colorado77%North Dakota79%Wisconsin80%Texas83%
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