Weather Records on 4 April 1934

656 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1934. Highest significance: Wauseon Wtp, US.

Key Facts for 4 April 1934

On 4 April 1934, 656 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 643 daily.
Wauseon Wtp set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 4 April 1934.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

656 stations

656 station records on 4 April 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jung Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

656 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 320, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 April 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	320
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 April 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 643.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

572 broken records

Margins by which the 572 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1934

Top 20 records on 4 April 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1934	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Karratha Station, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Warrion, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Cottonwood Falls, US	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Eureka Springs 3 WNW, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Norwalk Wwtp, US	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Claysville 3 W, US	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Woodbrook, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Gembrook, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Bonaparte 5 NE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Bannockburn, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Gorin, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Dromana, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1934	Stockport, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	38 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

1794 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1934. 1934 had 656 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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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 20	528
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1