Weather Records on 4 February 1929

87 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1929. Highest significance: Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ.

Key Facts for 4 February 1929

On 4 February 1929, 87 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 81 daily.
Oran-Hopital Militaire set a daily record precipitation of 43.0 mm (1.7 in) on 4 February 1929.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

87 stations

87 station records on 4 February 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	280.7 mm (11.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	273.1 mm (10.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.7 C (-39.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.2 C (-33.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.8 C (-46.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record snow depth	330.2 cm (130.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.7 C (-28.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

87 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1929 by type: Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 4 February 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 4 February 1929 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 81.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

76 broken records

Margins by which the 76 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1929

Top 20 records on 4 February 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1929	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1929	Bologna, IT	daily low min	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1929	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	280.7 mm (11.1 in)	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1929	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	273.1 mm (10.8 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1929	Hvar, HR	daily low min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Clark, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Weissenburg, DE	daily low min	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low max	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Graz, AT	daily low min	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Princeton, CA	daily low min	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Tunis, TN	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1929	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19 years	20 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 87 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 100	66
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1