Weather Records on 4 May 1915

75 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1915. Highest significance: Gulgong Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 4 May 1915

On 4 May 1915, 75 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 75 daily.
Gulgong Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 4 May 1915.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

75 stations

75 station records on 4 May 1915 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1915: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nelgowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Florida Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brewon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarriaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Morton Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Coonimbia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsons Mount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill (Genanaguy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgar Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

75 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1915 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 59.

Records on 4 May 1915 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 May 1915 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 75.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

71 broken records

Margins by which the 71 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1915

Top 20 records on 4 May 1915 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1915	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1915	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1915	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1915	Calga, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1915	Nelgowrie, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1915	Walgett (Euroka), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Carcoar, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Girilambone (Booroomugga), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Florida Station, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Westminster, CA	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Brewon, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Tarriaro, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Enngonia (Morton Plains), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Coronga Downs, AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Singleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1915	Nyngan Airport, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	26 years	19 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

1795 to 1915

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1915. 1915 had 75 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 4 May 1915
Margin	Records
0 to 10	53
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1