Weather Records on 4 February 1959

448 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1959. Highest significance: Tobermory, CA.

Key Facts for 4 February 1959

On 4 February 1959, 448 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
136 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 442 daily.
Tobermory set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 4 February 1959.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

448 stations

448 station records on 4 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newnham (Rocherlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St George	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hecla	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coringa(Corinza)	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shorlakode	India	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Derby	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

448 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 4 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 4 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1959

Top 20 records on 4 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1959	Tobermory, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Denton, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Denton, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	9 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Cairo 1SW, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Moultrie 2 ESE, US	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	East Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Glennville 3NW, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Mystic Lake, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Powell, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Jalalabad, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Marianna Sch For Boys, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Idaho Springs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Hailey 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Mt Pleasant 2 W, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Nidamangalam, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Kassler, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1959	Newnham (Rocherlea), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	38 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 448 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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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 4 February 1959
Margin	Records
0 to 50	331
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3