Weather Records on 4 February 1947

573 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1947. Highest significance: Hamilton, AU.

Key Facts for 4 February 1947

On 4 February 1947, 573 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 561 daily.
Hamilton set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 4 February 1947.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

573 stations

573 station records on 4 February 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Childers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Castlemaine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parrakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raywood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cajazeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waurn Ponds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ninyeunook (Wattle Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aldivaloch (Budgeree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balliang East (Chesney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

573 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 367, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 4 February 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 4 February 1947 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 561.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

501 broken records

Margins by which the 501 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1947

Top 20 records on 4 February 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1947	Hamilton, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1947	Milan, IT	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1947	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Woodside, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Palmer, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Ballarat Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Creswick, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Poolaijelo, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Leongatha, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Beales Reservoir, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Yarra River (Yarra Glen), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Childers, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Expedition Pass Reservoir, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Cordova AP, US	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	W Pt, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Clunes, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1947	Yea, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	40 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1947. 1947 had 573 records.

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

Records on 02-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	2
1826	2
1827	2
1828	2
1829	1
1830	2
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	2
1862	2
1869	3
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1882	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1897	2
1898	6
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	17
1904	4
1905	8
1906	8
1907	11
1908	23
1909	33
1910	13
1911	81
1912	83
1913	39
1914	31
1915	20
1916	25
1917	123
1918	80
1919	57
1920	76
1921	41
1922	86
1923	76
1924	276
1925	257
1926	149
1927	537
1928	547
1929	87
1930	316
1931	176
1932	329
1933	162
1934	200
1935	253
1936	497
1937	190
1938	481
1939	179
1940	339
1941	288
1942	378
1943	417
1944	244
1945	336
1946	506
1947	573
1948	585
1949	439
1950	502
1951	391
1952	751
1953	546
1954	853
1955	968
1956	713
1957	620
1958	393
1959	448
1960	421
1961	648
1962	968
1963	1,348
1964	608
1965	461
1966	573
1967	432
1968	298
1969	399
1970	1,195
1971	989
1972	666
1973	616
1974	368
1975	667
1976	672
1977	448
1978	594
1979	1,477
1980	591
1981	566
1982	1,812
1983	787
1984	588
1985	1,865
1986	1,550
1987	472
1988	1,006
1989	3,693
1990	1,546
1991	1,773
1992	952
1993	1,032
1994	597
1995	1,012
1996	3,525
1997	1,270
1998	1,331
1999	1,055
2000	531
2001	1,323
2002	1,232
2003	703
2004	1,431
2005	1,610
2006	633
2007	1,254
2008	1,331
2009	610
2010	1,384
2011	1,913
2012	1,748
2013	398
2014	530
2015	786
2016	1,023
2017	603
2018	1,241
2019	1,435
2020	1,198
2021	644
2022	954
2023	418
2024	911
2025	1,846
2026	782

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Data for records on 1947-02-04: 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 50	491
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1