Weather Records on 4 May 1920

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1920. Highest significance: Hohenpeissenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 4 May 1920

On 4 May 1920, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 40 daily.
Hohenpeissenberg set a daily record precipitation of 40.8 mm (1.6 in) on 4 May 1920.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 4 May 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ellerslie 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eversleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 22.

Records on 4 May 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	22
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 May 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 40.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

37 broken records

Margins by which the 37 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1920

Top 20 records on 4 May 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1920	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1920	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1920	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1920	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Ellerslie 2, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Malvern, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Weissenburg, DE	daily rain	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Plauen, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Oberon (Springbank), AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Cooktown Post Office, AU	monthly rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	7 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Uman, UA	daily rain	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	14 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	31 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Galway, IE	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	18 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1920	Eversleigh, AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	23 years	12 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1920. 1920 had 43 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	29
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1