Weather Records on 4 May 1932

104 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1932. Highest significance: Chinook, US.

Key Facts for 4 May 1932

On 4 May 1932, 104 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 101 daily.
Chinook set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 4 May 1932.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

104 stations

104 station records on 4 May 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chinook	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lalsot	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dausa	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Silistria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

104 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 34, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 4 May 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 May 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 101.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

77 broken records

Margins by which the 77 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1932

Top 20 records on 4 May 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1932	Chinook, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1932	Austin #2, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1932	Granite Reef Dam, US	monthly low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Roebourne, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Lamar, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Postville, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	38 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Bosque del Apache, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Battle Mtn, US	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Lalsot, IN	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Dausa, IN	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Silistria, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Chilliwack, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1932	Bjuroklubb, SE	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	33 years	17 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1932. 1932 had 104 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 5	59
5 to 10	12
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	2
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1