Weather Records on 4 August 1957

343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1957. Highest significance: Chita, RU.

Key Facts for 4 August 1957

On 4 August 1957, 343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 332 daily.
Chita set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 4 August 1957.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

343 stations

343 station records on 4 August 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marnai	India	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Khajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	294.6 mm (11.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooch Behar	India	Record daily precipitation	315.5 mm (12.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Porbandar	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ebensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	459.7 mm (18.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yandanooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

343 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 169.

Records on 4 August 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1957 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

267 broken records

Margins by which the 267 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 128.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1957

Top 20 records on 4 August 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1957	Chita, RU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Marnai, IN	daily rain	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Khajauli, IN	daily rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Goalpara, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Babuskin, RU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Mathabhanga, IN	monthly rain	294.6 mm (11.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Cooch Behar, IN	all-time rain	315.5 mm (12.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Viljujsk, RU	all-time high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Porbandar, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Animas 3ESE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Culpeper, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Robertsdale, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1957	Shevgaon, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1957	Barguzin, RU	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1957	Limon 10 SSW, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1957	Kjahta, RU	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1957	Kentfield, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	55 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

1815 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1957. 1957 had 343 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	242
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1