Weather Records on 4 July 1942

495 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1942. Highest significance: Pierce 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 4 July 1942

On 4 July 1942, 495 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 483 daily.
Pierce 1 E set a daily record precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 4 July 1942.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

495 stations

495 station records on 4 July 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 July 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mandhata	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yatchaw (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Kosciusko (Hotel Koscius	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rampur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ranka	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonepur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

495 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 312.

Records on 4 July 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 483.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

422 broken records

Margins by which the 422 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1942

Top 20 records on 4 July 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1942	Pierce 1 E, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1942	Ellerston, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1942	Griffin, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1942	Gangapur, IN	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1942	Dutton, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1942	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1942	Rumford, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1942	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1942	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1942	Sabinal, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1942	Iguape, BR	monthly rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1942	Harrogate, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1942	Steveston, CA	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1942	Experiment, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1942	Mandhata, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1942	Montpelier, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1942	Yatchaw (Amaroo), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1942	Carrick (Oaks Road), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1942	Macclesfield, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1942	Penola (Comaum Park), AU	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	13 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

1806 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1942. 1942 had 495 records.

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

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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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 10	350
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	1