Weather Records on 4 May 1931

169 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1931. Highest significance: Mardie, AU.

Key Facts for 4 May 1931

On 4 May 1931, 169 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 161 daily.
Mardie set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 4 May 1931.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

169 stations

169 station records on 4 May 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Patacharkuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rangia	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

169 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 May 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 May 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 161.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

135 broken records

Margins by which the 135 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1931

Top 20 records on 4 May 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1931	Mardie, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1931	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1931	Karratha Station, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1931	Peedamullah, AU	monthly rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1931	Federal Pt, US	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1931	Gowrie Junction, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1931	Mount Florance, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1931	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1931	Weeping Water, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1931	Kerkeriya, IN	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1931	Highland Home, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1931	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1931	Bathurst, CA	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1931	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1931	Patacharkuchi, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1931	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1931	Qu'appelle, CA	monthly low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1931	Schwerin, DE	daily high min	12.4 C (54.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1931	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1931	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	31 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

1795 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1931. 1931 had 169 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 50	133
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1