Weather Records on 4 August 1947

845 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1947. Highest significance: Charkhari, IN.

Key Facts for 4 August 1947

On 4 August 1947, 845 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
645 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 77 monthly and 762 daily.
Charkhari set a daily record precipitation of 112.3 mm (4.4 in) on 4 August 1947.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

845 stations

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

Weather records on 4 August 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Maior	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Urvakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kathgodam	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Challis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taylors Falls 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

845 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 320, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 325, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 158.

Records on 4 August 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	320
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	325
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1947 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 77, daily 762.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

646 broken records

Margins by which the 646 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1947

Top 20 records on 4 August 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1947	Charkhari, IN	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1947	Godda, IN	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1947	White River, CA	all-time high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1947	Bologna, IT	daily high min	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	125 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1947	Campo Maior, BR	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1947	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1947	Milan, IT	daily high min	26.2 C (79.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1947	Milan, IT	daily high max	36.5 C (97.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1947	Mt Wx, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1947	La Crosse Wb City, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1947	Long Prairie, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1947	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1947	Urvakonda, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1947	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1947	Pine Rvr Dam, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1947	Winslow AP, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1947	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1947	Gary, US	all-time rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1947	Koratagere, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1947	Brainerd, US	monthly high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	33 years	31 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

1815 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1947. 1947 had 845 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

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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 20	620
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2