Weather Records on 4 August 1934

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1934. Highest significance: Praha-Klementinum, CZ.

Key Facts for 4 August 1934

On 4 August 1934, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
333 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 454 daily.
Praha-Klementinum set a daily record precipitation of 48.1 mm (1.9 in) on 4 August 1934.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

521 stations

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

Weather records on 4 August 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dharni	India	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Contai	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayanathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Childers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arvi	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 173, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 4 August 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	173
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1934 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 49, daily 454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1934

Top 20 records on 4 August 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1934	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1934	Tranebjerg, DK	all-time rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1934	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	all-time rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Alberni Beaver Creek, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Dharni, IN	daily rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Contai, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Dayanathpur, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Nossen, DE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Narracan East (Lynnsmere), AU	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1934	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 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

1815 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1934. 1934 had 521 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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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	344
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2