Weather Records on 4 July 1950

335 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1950. Highest significance: Marlow 1 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 4 July 1950

On 4 July 1950, 335 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 322 daily.
Marlow 1 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 66.3 mm (2.6 in) on 4 July 1950.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

335 stations

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

Weather records on 4 July 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael Rch Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aska	India	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bijnor	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

335 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 165.

Records on 4 July 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1950 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 6, daily 322.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1950

Top 20 records on 4 July 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1950	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Waurika, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Wien, AT	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Szombathely, HU	all-time high min	21.5 C (70.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Wien, AT	daily high min	21.2 C (70.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Bamberg, DE	all-time high min	21.0 C (69.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Allansford, AU	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Arnsberg, DE	daily high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Szombathely, HU	all-time high max	37.5 C (99.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1950	Isabela Substn, PR	daily low max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1950	Wapello, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1950	Le Bourget, FR	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1950	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	23.6 C (74.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1950	Eersterivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1950	Walters, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1950	Gudivada, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1950	Kojnas, RU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	27 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

1806 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1950. 1950 had 335 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	222
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1