Weather Records on 4 July 1920

105 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1920. Highest significance: Putbus, DE.

Key Facts for 4 July 1920

On 4 July 1920, 105 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 101 daily.
Putbus set a daily record precipitation of 53.7 mm (2.1 in) on 4 July 1920.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

105 stations

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

Weather records on 4 July 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gulargambone (Yalcogrin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Biamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

105 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 66.

Records on 4 July 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 101.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

96 broken records

Margins by which the 96 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1920

Top 20 records on 4 July 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1920	Putbus, DE	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 July 1920	Oxford, GB	daily low max	11.8 C (53.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1920	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1920	Wallangarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1920	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1920	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1920	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Allora Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Yuleba Garden St, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Barkerville, CA	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Cet Central England, GB	monthly low max	12.7 C (54.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1920	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	45 years	21 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

1806 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1920. 1920 had 105 records.

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

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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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	59
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	9
15 to 20	8
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	2
35 to 40	1