Weather Records on 4 February 1956

713 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1956. Highest significance: Plainview, US.

Key Facts for 4 February 1956

On 4 February 1956, 713 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 272 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 672 daily.
Plainview set an all-time record daily snowfall of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 4 February 1956.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

713 stations

713 station records on 4 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plainview	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong (Tallimbalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dhaka	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.3 C (-31.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ancho	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

713 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 57.

Records on 4 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	57

Records on 4 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 36, daily 672.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1956

Top 20 records on 4 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1956	Plainview, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	26 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1956	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1956	Vega 2NW, US	all-time snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Healy, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Porter 2 E, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Canyon, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Memphis, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Zaaiplaats, ZA	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Columbia, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	West Wyalong (Tallimbalong), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Ottawa, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Quipolly Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Hatch, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Bosbokrand (Pol), ZA	daily rain	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Water Valley, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Saint Johns, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Crosbyton, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Plainview, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1956	Holly Bluff, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	42 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1956. 1956 had 713 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 1956-02-04: 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 100	605
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1