Weather Records on 4 August 1941

383 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1941. Highest significance: Bikapur, IN.

Key Facts for 4 August 1941

On 4 August 1941, 383 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 373 daily.
Bikapur set a daily record precipitation of 198.4 mm (7.8 in) on 4 August 1941.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

383 stations

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

Weather records on 4 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pawayan	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Katra	India	Record daily precipitation	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pilibhit City	India	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jeoli Jansath	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moradabad	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bareilly Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hardoi	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bansdih	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Partapganj	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bijnor	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Florence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minapur	India	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Joao Amaro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

383 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 159.

Records on 4 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 373.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

303 broken records

Margins by which the 303 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1941

Top 20 records on 4 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1941	Bikapur, IN	daily rain	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	139.5 mm (5.5 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Bironkhol, IN	daily rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Pawayan, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Katra, IN	monthly rain	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Gidhour, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Szeged, HU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Loukahi, IN	daily rain	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Pilibhit City, IN	daily rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Nawabganj, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1941	Pauta Amaria, IN	monthly rain	225.3 mm (8.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1941	Kishanganj, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1941	Jeoli Jansath, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1941	Maple Plain, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1941	Moradabad, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1941	Bareilly Sadar, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	29 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

1815 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1941. 1941 had 383 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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Data for records on 1941-08-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	255
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1