Weather Records on 4 June 1949

553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 1949. Highest significance: Estes Park, US.

Key Facts for 4 June 1949

On 4 June 1949, 553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 534 daily.
Estes Park set a monthly record daily precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 4 June 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

553 stations

553 station records on 4 June 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 June 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Milgun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aldivaloch (Budgeree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dinapur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sarangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pathardi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

553 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 344, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 4 June 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	344
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 June 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 1949

Top 20 records on 4 June 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 1949	Estes Park, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1949	Ft Collins, US	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1949	Idaho Springs, US	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1949	Salida, US	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1949	Waterdale, US	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 June 1949	Centennial 1NE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Gidhour, IN	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Milgun, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Porto Novo, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Boulder, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Edgewater, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Dargo, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Lamar, US	all-time rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Greensburg, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Hawthorne, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Karratha Station, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Brodribb River, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Holly, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1949	Exeter, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	44 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

1796 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1949. 1949 had 553 records.

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

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

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Data for records on 1949-06-04: 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 20	400
20 to 40	60
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1