Weather Records on 4 August 1943

468 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1943. Highest significance: New Bremen, US.

Key Facts for 4 August 1943

On 4 August 1943, 468 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 445 daily.
New Bremen set an all-time record daily precipitation of 149.1 mm (5.9 in) on 4 August 1943.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

468 stations

468 station records on 4 August 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Bremen	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gnowangerup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kesiary Kaltikri	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kismet Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jallesore	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raj-Nilgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baliapal	India	Record daily precipitation	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baripada	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roberts 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Contai	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

468 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 18, daily 445.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

387 broken records

Margins by which the 387 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1943

Top 20 records on 4 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1943	New Bremen, US	all-time rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	76 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1943	Kentville Cda, CA	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Huntington, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Gnowangerup, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Kesiary Kaltikri, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Digby, CA	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Sidney 2 N, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Soro, IN	daily rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Clifton, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Chakaibanda, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Bluffton Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Kismet Near, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Cimarron 4 SW, US	monthly rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Salamonia, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Jallesore, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Elkhart, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Marietta Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Raj-Nilgiri, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1943	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	76 years	36 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1943. 1943 had 468 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1943-08-04: 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	344
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1