Weather Records on 4 July 1947

258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1947. Highest significance: Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE.

Key Facts for 4 July 1947

On 4 July 1947, 258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 253 daily.
Bremen-Seefahrtschule set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 4 July 1947.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

258 stations

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

Weather records on 4 July 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nuzvid	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wyanga (Barcoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phulparas	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kakatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vicosa Do Ceara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Derriwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bobadah (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur Sahara	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoaeae Upper	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Margarita	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yallalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

258 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 99.

Records on 4 July 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 253.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

187 broken records

Margins by which the 187 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1947

Top 20 records on 4 July 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1947	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1947	Caucaia, BR	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1947	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1947	Blountstown 2 SE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1947	Nuzvid, IN	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1947	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1947	Fortaleza (Escola Regional), BR	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1947	Wyanga (Barcoo), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1947	Phulparas, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1947	Putbus, DE	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	62 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1947	Sekoni, IN	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1947	Kakatpur, IN	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1947	Atyrau, KZ	monthly low min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1947	Tracy, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1947	Vicosa Do Ceara, BR	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1947	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1947	Astrakan, RU	daily low min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1947	Cobar (Double Gates), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1947	Mount Derriwong, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1947	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1947. 1947 had 258 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	150
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2