Weather Records on 4 February 1952

751 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1952. Highest significance: Ghanzi, BW.

Key Facts for 4 February 1952

On 4 February 1952, 751 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
484 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 744 daily.
Ghanzi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 124.2 mm (4.9 in) on 4 February 1952.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

751 stations

751 station records on 4 February 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Firozabad	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lunkaransar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware Cy Reedy Poin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling Warwood Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington City Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wolmada	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

751 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 394, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 4 February 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	394
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 4 February 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 744.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1952

Top 20 records on 4 February 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1952	Ghanzi, BW	monthly rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Mt Pocono 2 N, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Canfield 1 S, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Haugan 1 W, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Aligarh, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Vineland, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Belleville, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Toronto, CA	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Pilao Arcado, BR	all-time rain	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Rimrock Tieton Dam, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Irwin, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Firozabad, IN	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Lunkaransar, IN	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1952	Wimbledon, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	34 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1952. 1952 had 751 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 1952-02-04: 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 20	571
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1