Weather Records on 4 May 1924

88 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1924. Highest significance: Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ.

Key Facts for 4 May 1924

On 4 May 1924, 88 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 87 daily.
Oran-Hopital Militaire set a daily record high maximum temperature of 28.0 C (82.4 F) on 4 May 1924.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

88 stations

88 station records on 4 May 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Come By Chance Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

88 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 23, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 May 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 May 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 87.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

67 broken records

Margins by which the 67 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 15.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1924

Top 20 records on 4 May 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1924	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Meeker, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	7 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Constantine, DZ	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Waren, DE	daily rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Cornwall, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Scottsboro, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Ottawa, CA	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	38 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Godegard, SE	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Buckeye, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Brunswick, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Newport, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1924	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low max	7.4 C (45.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	29 years	14 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1924. 1924 had 88 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 2	42
2 to 4	18
4 to 6	2
6 to 8	3
8 to 10	1
10 to 12	0
12 to 14	0
14 to 16	1