Weather Records on 4 May 1952

698 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1952. Highest significance: Malvern, GB.

Key Facts for 4 May 1952

On 4 May 1952, 698 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
514 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 685 daily.
Malvern set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 4 May 1952.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

698 stations

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

Weather records on 4 May 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao Pedras Brancas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rajahmundry	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Middalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pomeroy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ipueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

698 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 385, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 4 May 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	385
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 May 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 685.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

521 broken records

Margins by which the 521 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1952

Top 20 records on 4 May 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1952	Malvern, GB	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Thursday Island Township, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Acude Santo Antonio de Russas, BR	daily rain	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Boqueirao Pedras Brancas, BR	daily rain	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Conrad, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Dunkirk 19NNE, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Lost River, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Moa Island Mission, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Winifred, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	The Pas, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Nalbari, IN	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Valier, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1952	Rajahmundry, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1952	Kisinev, MD	daily high min	14.6 C (58.3 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1952	Stuttgart, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1952	Kailua 446, US	monthly low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1952	Middalya, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1952	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 May 1952	Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe, BR	all-time rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	2 years	29 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 698 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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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 20	501
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2