Weather Records on 4 February 1936

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1936. Highest significance: Kozhikode, IN.

Key Facts for 4 February 1936

On 4 February 1936, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 469 daily.
Kozhikode set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 4 February 1936.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 4 February 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rch 432	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	393.7 cm (155.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nanguneri	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	202.4 mm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 45.

Records on 4 February 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	45

Records on 4 February 1936 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 21, daily 469.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

420 broken records

Margins by which the 420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1397.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1936

Top 20 records on 4 February 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1936	Kozhikode, IN	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1936	Macon 2 NE, US	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1936	Clanton, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Goodwater, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Haleakala Rch 432, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Bedetti(Behali), IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Selma, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Sibsagar, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Tipton, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Marion 1 N, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	23.3 cm (9.2 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Newnan 7 WNW, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Gainesville, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Dibrugarh Obsy, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Rome, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Guntersville, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1936	Enterprise, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	37 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

1795 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1936. 1936 had 497 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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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 200	412
200 to 400	5
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	2
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1