Weather Records on 4 August 1942

303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1942. Highest significance: Yaval, IN.

Key Facts for 4 August 1942

On 4 August 1942, 303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 285 daily.
Yaval set a monthly record daily precipitation of 148.6 mm (5.9 in) on 4 August 1942.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

303 stations

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

Weather records on 4 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yaval	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jamner	India	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morsi	India	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jasdan	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atner	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nandura	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhainsdehi	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sardarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harsud	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balapur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harda	India	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tirora	India	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhalda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	236.7 mm (9.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

303 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 192.

Records on 4 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 285.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

254 broken records

Margins by which the 254 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1942

Top 20 records on 4 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1942	Yaval, IN	monthly rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Wardha, IN	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Karanjia, IN	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Achalpur, IN	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Buldana, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Jamner, IN	monthly rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Akola, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Khandwa, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	New Burnside, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Chandur Bazar, IN	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Morsi, IN	monthly rain	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Malkapur, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Makrai, IN	daily rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Akot, IN	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Jasdan, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Atner, IN	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Jalgaon, IN	monthly rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1942	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	41 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

1815 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1942. 1942 had 303 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 1942-08-04: 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	186
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2