Weather Records on 4 July 1944

553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1944. Highest significance: Willsons River, AU.

Key Facts for 4 July 1944

On 4 July 1944, 553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 542 daily.
Willsons River set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 4 July 1944.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

553 stations

553 station records on 4 July 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 July 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Onaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woods (Den)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gangarampur	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Podili(Podile)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Topchanchi	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blakely	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thowgla Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

553 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 422.

Records on 4 July 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	422
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1944

Top 20 records on 4 July 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1944	Willsons River, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Springfield, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Kavali, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Norton 9SSE, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Beaver City, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Onaka, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Steppes (Old Post Office), AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Woods (Den), AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Miena Dam, AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Belle Isle, CA	all-time high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Dresden, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Caveside, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Chatrapatti, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Burlington, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Columbus, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Wartook Reservoir, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Bhavani, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1944	Westbury (Valley View), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 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

1806 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1944. 1944 had 553 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	395
10 to 20	61
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1