Weather Records on 4 August 1950

666 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1950. Highest significance: Cape Willoughby, AU.

Key Facts for 4 August 1950

On 4 August 1950, 666 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 339 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 655 daily.
Cape Willoughby set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 4 August 1950.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

666 stations

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

Weather records on 4 August 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yandoit (Spring Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chendipada	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rampur	India	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eberys	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon (Burncranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaanapali AP 453.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

666 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 217, Heaviest daily rainfall 300.

Records on 4 August 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	217
Heaviest daily rainfall	300
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1950

Top 20 records on 4 August 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1950	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 August 1950	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Yandoit (Spring Vale), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Chendipada, IN	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Rampur, IN	daily rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Ingwavuma (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Woodend (Carlisle Street), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Penneshaw, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Eberys, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Talbot (Post Office), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Marloo, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Riva, IT	daily low min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Experiment, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Tallapoosa 2 N, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Minsk, BY	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Talbotton, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1950	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	36 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

1815 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1950. 1950 had 666 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 1950-08-04: 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	523
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1