Weather Records on 4 February 1955

968 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1955. Highest significance: Hallettsville 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 4 February 1955

On 4 February 1955, 968 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 283 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 937 daily.
Hallettsville 2 N set a monthly record daily precipitation of 158.8 mm (6.3 in) on 4 February 1955.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

968 stations

968 station records on 4 February 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Council Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Council Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

968 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 177, Heaviest daily rainfall 428, Heaviest daily snowfall 205, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 4 February 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	177
Heaviest daily rainfall	428
Heaviest daily snowfall	205
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 4 February 1955 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 27, daily 937.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

858 broken records

Margins by which the 858 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 292.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1955

Top 20 records on 4 February 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1955	Hallettsville 2 N, US	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1955	Norwich, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Yoakum, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Clark, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Larned, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Supply 1 E, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	El Dorado, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Okeene, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Smithville, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Herington, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Frederick, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Council Grove, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Holton, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Council Grove, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Union City 3 SE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Anderson, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Mahalapye, BW	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1955	Sedgwick, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	49 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

1795 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1955. 1955 had 968 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 1955-02-04: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	755
50 to 100	59
100 to 150	28
150 to 200	13
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2