Weather Records on 4 February 1933

162 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1933. Highest significance: St Ignace, US.

Key Facts for 4 February 1933

On 4 February 1933, 162 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 160 daily.
St Ignace set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 4 February 1933.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

162 stations

162 station records on 4 February 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	284.7 mm (11.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Creek Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	297.9 mm (11.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

162 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 73, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 February 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 February 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 160.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1933

Top 20 records on 4 February 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1933	St Ignace, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1933	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1933	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	284.7 mm (11.2 in)	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1933	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1933	Fichtelberg, DE	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1933	Mareeba Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1933	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily high max	20.4 C (68.7 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Coimbra, PT	daily high max	22.4 C (72.3 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Harvey Creek Railway STN, AU	daily rain	297.9 mm (11.7 in)	135.3 mm (5.3 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Tampa, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Richmond Chimborazo Pk, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	45 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1933	Titusville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	23 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1933. 1933 had 162 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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Data for records on 1933-02-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	118
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1