Weather Records on 4 May 1941

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1941. Highest significance: Alexandria, US.

Key Facts for 4 May 1941

On 4 May 1941, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
181 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 401 daily.
Alexandria set a daily record precipitation of 115.1 mm (4.5 in) on 4 May 1941.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

436 stations

436 station records on 4 May 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tulia 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dalu	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mankachar	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Margaret River 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
North Lakhimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 4 May 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 4 May 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 401.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

350 broken records

Margins by which the 350 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1941

Top 20 records on 4 May 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1941	Alexandria, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1941	Wilgarrup, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1941	Telluride 4WNW, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1941	Cape Naturaliste, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1941	Gospic, HR	monthly low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1941	Gauhati Obsy, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1941	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1941	Karlsruhe, DE	monthly low min	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1941	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	monthly low min	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1941	Russell, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1941	Greenbushes, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1941	Kaiserslautern, DE	monthly low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1941	Cet Central England, GB	monthly low min	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1941	Tulia 6 NE, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1941	White River, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1941	Schwerin, DE	monthly low max	5.5 C (41.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1941	Waren, DE	monthly low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1941	Dalu, IN	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1941	Kinston 7 SE, US	monthly low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1941	Quindalup, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	28 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1941. 1941 had 436 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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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	322
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1