Weather Records on 4 June 1920

74 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 1920. Highest significance: Caledon (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 June 1920

On 4 June 1920, 74 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 73 daily.
Caledon (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 38.4 mm (1.5 in) on 4 June 1920.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

74 stations

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

Weather records on 4 June 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mitiamo 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Wilbertree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

74 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 1920 by type: Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 53.

Records on 4 June 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 June 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 73.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

64 broken records

Margins by which the 64 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 1920

Top 20 records on 4 June 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 1920	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1920	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1920	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Elatma, RU	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Tulbagh (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Winchelsea (Murdeduke), AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Uccle, BE	daily low max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	New Westminster, CA	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Mitiamo 1, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	25 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	12 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	17 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 June 1920	Elaine (Larundel), AU	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	29 years	15 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

1796 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1920. 1920 had 74 records.

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

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

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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 5	53
5 to 10	6
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1