Weather Records on 4 May 1965

433 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1965. Highest significance: Makaweli 965, US.

Key Facts for 4 May 1965

On 4 May 1965, 433 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 412 daily.
Makaweli 965 set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 4 May 1965.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

433 stations

433 station records on 4 May 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waimea 892	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	152.3 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kekaha 944	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzyletrek	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Ipaguassu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Graysville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Punaluu 884	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shottery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Midale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cardonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

433 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 May 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 May 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 412.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

348 broken records

Margins by which the 348 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1965

Top 20 records on 4 May 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1965	Makaweli 965, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1965	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1965	Hilo 86A, US	monthly rain	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	14 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1965	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1965	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Waimea 892, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Dawson, CA	monthly snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Perm, RU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Mtn View 91, US	daily rain	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Mourilyan Post Office, AU	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Kahuku 912, US	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Kaumana 88.1, US	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Naalehu 14, US	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	152.3 mm (6.0 in)	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Kahuku 912, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Kekaha 944, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1965	Newdegate South, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	40 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1965. 1965 had 433 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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Data for records on 1965-05-04: 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 50	332
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1