Weather Records on 4 February 1930

316 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1930. Highest significance: Booleroo Centre (Willowie), AU.

Key Facts for 4 February 1930

On 4 February 1930, 316 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 311 daily.
Booleroo Centre (Willowie) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.5 mm (2.6 in) on 4 February 1930.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

316 stations

316 station records on 4 February 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Kanyaka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Topar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

316 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 4 February 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 4 February 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 311.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

286 broken records

Margins by which the 286 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1930

Top 20 records on 4 February 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1930	Booleroo Centre (Willowie), AU	monthly rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1930	Booleroo (Wimont), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Narridy Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Tibooburra (Olive Downs), AU	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Newport, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Malvern, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Fulton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Lake, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1930	Brinkley, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1930. 1930 had 316 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 25	253
25 to 50	31
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1