Weather Records on 4 July 1955

433 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 July 1955. Highest significance: Napoleon, US.

Key Facts for 4 July 1955

On 4 July 1955, 433 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 425 daily.
Napoleon set a daily record precipitation of 61.7 mm (2.4 in) on 4 July 1955.
Across 163 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

433 stations

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

Weather records on 4 July 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baliapal	India	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Padampur	India	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ambikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammdi	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Little Hickman Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

433 records

Records set or tied on 4 July 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 140, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 124.

Records on 4 July 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	140
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 July 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 425.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 July 1955

Top 20 records on 4 July 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 July 1955	Napoleon, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Machhlisnahr, IN	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Musafir Khana, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Wishek, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Joao Pessoa, BR	daily rain	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Melur, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Lisbon, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Watford City, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Brule Island, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Baliapal, IN	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Padampur, IN	monthly rain	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Pinjarra, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Haidargarh, IN	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Savage, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Mill Bay, CA	all-time high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Maniwaki 2, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Ambikapur, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 July 1955	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1955	Imphal (C.Hosp), IN	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1955	Lucknow, IN	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	32 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

1806 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1955. 1955 had 433 records.

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

Records on 07-04 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1815	2
1827	1
1828	1
1836	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	2
1845	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	2
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	10
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	12
1905	6
1906	15
1907	26
1908	14
1909	20
1910	33
1911	62
1912	28
1913	25
1914	48
1915	36
1916	25
1917	107
1918	72
1919	49
1920	105
1921	50
1922	61
1923	59
1924	230
1925	137
1926	139
1927	290
1928	150
1929	255
1930	276
1931	479
1932	635
1933	459
1934	521
1935	319
1936	1,189
1937	341
1938	353
1939	389
1940	504
1941	409
1942	495
1943	348
1944	553
1945	151
1946	288
1947	258
1948	293
1949	474
1950	335
1951	388
1952	285
1953	431
1954	291
1955	433
1956	381
1957	449
1958	517
1959	280
1960	562
1961	525
1962	619
1963	417
1964	383
1965	258
1966	473
1967	935
1968	668
1969	746
1970	675
1971	385
1972	1,195
1973	656
1974	546
1975	879
1976	785
1977	593
1978	1,020
1979	604
1980	674
1981	850
1982	858
1983	942
1984	851
1985	729
1986	1,129
1987	611
1988	1,158
1989	981
1990	871
1991	872
1992	1,023
1993	1,053
1994	1,131
1995	1,128
1996	1,014
1997	1,251
1998	925
1999	1,632
2000	891
2001	1,120
2002	1,152
2003	617
2004	668
2005	834
2006	924
2007	1,052
2008	764
2009	845
2010	1,124
2011	777
2012	1,205
2013	866
2014	456
2015	1,384
2016	919
2017	496
2018	653
2019	528
2020	365
2021	789
2022	700
2023	627
2024	765
2025	737
2026	717

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Data for records on 1955-07-04: 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 20	293
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1