Weather Records on 4 February 1951

391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1951. Highest significance: Patu, BR.

Key Facts for 4 February 1951

On 4 February 1951, 391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 211 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 381 daily.
Patu set a monthly record daily precipitation of 158.0 mm (6.2 in) on 4 February 1951.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

391 stations

391 station records on 4 February 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Modoc Orchard	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Matatiele	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raymondville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	162.0 cm (63.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

391 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 159, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 4 February 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	159
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 4 February 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 381.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1951

Top 20 records on 4 February 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1951	Patu, BR	monthly rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1951	Belhaven 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1951	Lake Providence, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1951	Modoc Orchard, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1951	McAdam, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Palestine, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Mykland, NO	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Marianna 2 S, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Conroe, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Gaspe, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Moncton, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Scottsburg, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Moncton, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Orleans, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Quincy Exp STN, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Laurel, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Southport 5 N, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1951	Beaumont City, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	45 years	27 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

1795 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1951. 1951 had 391 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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Data for records on 1951-02-04: 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 50	306
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1