Weather Records on 4 August 1949

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1949. Highest significance: Haparanda, SE.

Key Facts for 4 August 1949

On 4 August 1949, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
150 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 410 daily.
Haparanda set a daily record precipitation of 38.3 mm (1.5 in) on 4 August 1949.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

421 stations

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

Weather records on 4 August 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	288.3 mm (11.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goela	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cannanore	India	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jaitram	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carbla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sanivarsanthe	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kalol	India	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lunawada	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ammathy	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Belthangady	India	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 182.

Records on 4 August 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 410.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1949

Top 20 records on 4 August 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1949	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1949	Tellichery, IN	monthly rain	288.3 mm (11.4 in)	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Hamelin Pool, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Coondapur, IN	daily rain	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Goela, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Cannanore, IN	monthly rain	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Jaitram, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Kandalaksa, RU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Wellsboro, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Irikkur, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Badagara, IN	daily rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Carbla Station, AU	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Kuttiadi, IN	monthly rain	242.8 mm (9.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1949	Hosanagar, IN	monthly rain	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1949	Sanivarsanthe, IN	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1949	New Forest, AU	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1949	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1949	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1949	Napoklu, IN	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	32 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1949. 1949 had 421 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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Data for records on 1949-08-04: 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	292
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1