Weather Records on 4 February 1950

502 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1950. Highest significance: Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU.

Key Facts for 4 February 1950

On 4 February 1950, 502 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 490 daily.
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 137.7 mm (5.4 in) on 4 February 1950.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

502 stations

502 station records on 4 February 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lyndhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Benerembah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	320.3 mm (12.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gnalta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uroly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
The Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Kosciusko (Hotel Koscius	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillview (Ballandry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thompson Falls	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Eddy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Las Plumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

502 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 289, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 4 February 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	289
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 4 February 1950 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

461 broken records

Margins by which the 461 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1950

Top 20 records on 4 February 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1950	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	all-time rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1950	Netley, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1950	Blinman (Wirrealpa), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Haenertsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Mount Lyndhurst, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Benerembah, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Cudgewa North, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Ravenshill, ZA	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Albany 1 N, US	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Benton City 2 NW, US	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	18.3 C (32.9 F)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Halaula 1110, US	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Lake Kachess, US	daily low min	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	15.6 C (28.1 F)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Yellow Mountain, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Gogeldrie, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Broken Hill (Langawirra), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1950	The Rock (Bullenbong), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	41 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1950. 1950 had 502 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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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	432
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2