Weather Records on 4 August 1955

624 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1955. Highest significance: Medford, US.

Key Facts for 4 August 1955

On 4 August 1955, 624 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
299 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 605 daily.
Medford set a daily record precipitation of 74.7 mm (2.9 in) on 4 August 1955.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

624 stations

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

Weather records on 4 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Araruna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chandor	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kopargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gonda	India	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yeola	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jind	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bisauli	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidhauli	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodperry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gird	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kotra	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Dearborn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

624 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 233.

Records on 4 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 15, daily 605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

465 broken records

Margins by which the 465 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1955

Top 20 records on 4 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1955	Medford, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Araruna, BR	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Nevasa, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Chandor, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Biswan, IN	daily rain	193.5 mm (7.6 in)	118.3 mm (4.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Clarksville 2NE, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Hagansport, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Cooya Pooya, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Kopargaon, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Chalisgaon, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Macaiba, BR	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Idabel, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Clemson UNIV, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Gonda, IN	daily rain	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Ullawarra, AU	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Capel, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Joao Pessoa, BR	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Malegaon, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1955	Yeola, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	36 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

1815 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1955. 1955 had 624 records.

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

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	421
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1