Weather Records on 4 February 1928

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1928. Highest significance: Palestine, US.

Key Facts for 4 February 1928

On 4 February 1928, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
363 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 507 daily.
Palestine set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 4 February 1928.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 4 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Euabolong (Brotherony)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mein Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeribar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burrumbuttock (Holyrood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Mowalba Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewin (Boona Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenfergus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thowgla Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brewongle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 221, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 4 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	221
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 4 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 39, daily 507.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1928

Top 20 records on 4 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1928	Palestine, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1928	Condobolin Station, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1928	Euabolong (Brotherony), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1928	Golspie (Ayrston), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1928	Mein Station, AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1928	Mungeribar, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1928	Dandaloo (Skye), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1928	Dandaloo (Kelvin), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1928	Taralga (Grathawai), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1928	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1928	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1928	Bakke, NO	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1928	Burrumbuttock (Holyrood), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1928	Holbrook (Rsl), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1928	Woomargama Estate, AU	all-time rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1928	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1928	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1928	Tottenham (Burdenda), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	31 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 547 records.

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

Records on 02-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	2
1826	2
1827	2
1828	2
1829	1
1830	2
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	2
1862	2
1869	3
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1882	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1897	2
1898	6
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	17
1904	4
1905	8
1906	8
1907	11
1908	23
1909	33
1910	13
1911	81
1912	83
1913	39
1914	31
1915	20
1916	25
1917	123
1918	80
1919	57
1920	76
1921	41
1922	86
1923	76
1924	276
1925	257
1926	149
1927	537
1928	547
1929	87
1930	316
1931	176
1932	329
1933	162
1934	200
1935	253
1936	497
1937	190
1938	481
1939	179
1940	339
1941	288
1942	378
1943	417
1944	244
1945	336
1946	506
1947	573
1948	585
1949	439
1950	502
1951	391
1952	751
1953	546
1954	853
1955	968
1956	713
1957	620
1958	393
1959	448
1960	421
1961	648
1962	968
1963	1,348
1964	608
1965	461
1966	573
1967	432
1968	298
1969	399
1970	1,195
1971	989
1972	666
1973	616
1974	368
1975	667
1976	672
1977	448
1978	594
1979	1,477
1980	591
1981	566
1982	1,812
1983	787
1984	588
1985	1,865
1986	1,550
1987	472
1988	1,006
1989	3,693
1990	1,546
1991	1,773
1992	952
1993	1,032
1994	597
1995	1,012
1996	3,525
1997	1,270
1998	1,331
1999	1,055
2000	531
2001	1,323
2002	1,232
2003	703
2004	1,431
2005	1,610
2006	633
2007	1,254
2008	1,331
2009	610
2010	1,384
2011	1,913
2012	1,748
2013	398
2014	530
2015	786
2016	1,023
2017	603
2018	1,241
2019	1,435
2020	1,198
2021	644
2022	954
2023	418
2024	911
2025	1,846
2026	782

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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 20	428
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1