Weather Records on 4 May 1946

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1946. Highest significance: Camden 3 W, US.

Key Facts for 4 May 1946

On 4 May 1946, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 432 daily.
Camden 3 W set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 4 May 1946.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 4 May 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Basti	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aspen Grove Rch 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cunyu Shearing Shed	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dhenkanal	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khalilabad	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rajathgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kakatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberly-de Beers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dwight	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roberts 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhore(Borch)	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 4 May 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 May 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 432.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1946

Top 20 records on 4 May 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1946	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	94 years	77 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1946	Exwell Park, ZA	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Basti, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Aspen Grove Rch 1 W, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Lillydale, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Luckhoff (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Hughenden, ZA	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Kershaw 1SW, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Cunyu Shearing Shed, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Fatehpur, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Queenstown, ZA	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Dhenkanal, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Tylden "Tulden", ZA	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Petrusville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Krielsfontein, ZA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1946	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	53 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

1795 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1946. 1946 had 463 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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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	319
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2