Weather Records on 4 February 1953

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1953. Highest significance: Penong (Penalumba), AU.

Key Facts for 4 February 1953

On 4 February 1953, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 538 daily.
Penong (Penalumba) set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 4 February 1953.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 4 February 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Boree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warriup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maun	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrappa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Alice (Eurella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Smoky Bay (Puntabie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	88.0 cm (34.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Watson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Cranbourne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 186, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 4 February 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	186
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 4 February 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

428 broken records

Margins by which the 428 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1953

Top 20 records on 4 February 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1953	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1953	Fowlers Bay, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Glen Boree, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Superior, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Warriup, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Idracowra, AU	all-time rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Cumberland, ZA	monthly rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Maun, BW	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Freiburg, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Penong, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Anna Creek, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1953	Wirrappa, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1953	Ceduna Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1953	Woomera (Oakden Hills), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1953	Flora Valley Old, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1953	Ceduna (Koonibba Reserve), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1953	Glen Alice (Eurella), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 February 1953	Alice Downs, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1953. 1953 had 546 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 1953-02-04: 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	415
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	3