Weather Records on 4 August 1959

303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1959. Highest significance: Dayton Mcd, US.

Key Facts for 4 August 1959

On 4 August 1959, 303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 300 daily.
Dayton Mcd set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 4 August 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

303 stations

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

Weather records on 4 August 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	262.5 mm (10.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	201.6 mm (7.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bolpur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pasan	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barachatti	India	Record daily precipitation	219.0 mm (8.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kotdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burdwan	India	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Khargram	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

303 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 110.

Records on 4 August 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 300.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

213 broken records

Margins by which the 213 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1959

Top 20 records on 4 August 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1959	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Arad, RO	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Palestine, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Tuba City, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Raipur, IN	daily rain	262.5 mm (10.3 in)	99.7 mm (3.9 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Dehradun, IN	daily rain	201.6 mm (7.9 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Globe Rs, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Bolpur, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Lughrata, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1959	Caron, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1959	Martinsville 2 SW, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1959	St Andrews, CA	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1959	Newton 6 SSE, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1959	Pana, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1959	Conception, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1959	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 August 1959	Serrinha, BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	31 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1959. 1959 had 303 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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Data for records on 1959-08-04: 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	192
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2