Weather Records on 4 February 1937

190 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1937. Highest significance: Redding Fire STN 2, US.

Key Facts for 4 February 1937

On 4 February 1937, 190 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 179 daily.
Redding Fire STN 2 set a daily record precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 4 February 1937.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

190 stations

190 station records on 4 February 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abydos Woodstock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lewers Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	141.0 cm (55.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	129.0 cm (50.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

190 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 4 February 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 4 February 1937 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 179.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

171 broken records

Margins by which the 171 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1905.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1937

Top 20 records on 4 February 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1937	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1937	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	54.6 cm (21.5 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1937	Kualapuu 534, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1937	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1937	Saltspring Island, CA	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1937	Ukiah, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1937	Abydos Woodstock, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1937	Lewers Rch, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1937	Stockton 2, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1937	Santa Rosa, US	all-time rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1937	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1937	Fairlight Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1937	Saltspring Island, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1937	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1937	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1937	Beaver Lake, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1937	Mount Edgar, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1937	Mykland, NO	daily snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1937	Bagalkot, IN	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1937	Chico UNIV Farm, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	27 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1937. 1937 had 190 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 250	163
250 to 500	3
500 to 750	4
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	0
1750 to 2000	1