Weather Records on 4 July 1928

150 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1928. Highest significance: Bologna, IT.

Key Facts for 4 July 1928

On 4 July 1928, 150 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 147 daily.
Bologna set a daily record high minimum temperature of 26.4 C (79.5 F) on 4 July 1928.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

150 stations

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

Weather records on 4 July 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olin	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Centre Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

150 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 57.

Records on 4 July 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 147.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

109 broken records

Margins by which the 109 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1928

Top 20 records on 4 July 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1928	Bologna, IT	daily high min	26.4 C (79.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1928	Galva, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1928	Olin, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1928	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Cortland, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Worcester, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Johnstown, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Le Mars, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Gorin, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Centre Hall, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Tiskilwa 2 SE, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Le Claire, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Bethany, US	monthly high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	49 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Hambantota, LK	daily high max	35.9 C (96.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Sandvig, DK	daily low max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1928	Walnut, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	28 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1928. 1928 had 150 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 4 July 1928
Margin	Records
0 to 10	88
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1