Weather Records on 4 February 1971

989 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1971. Highest significance: Berry Masonic Village, AU.

Key Facts for 4 February 1971

On 4 February 1971, 989 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 960 daily.
Berry Masonic Village set a daily record precipitation of 227.3 mm (8.9 in) on 4 February 1971.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 534 records.

Record Map

989 stations

989 station records on 4 February 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.9 mm (7.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	252.7 mm (9.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Likatlong	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Moogerah Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bumberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cainbable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colton Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Numinbah State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.9 mm (9.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Nerang Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.5 mm (7.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beechmont Binna Burra Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Proston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thornton Bvrt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roy Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Widgee Station Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albert (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sapulpa 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

989 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 615, Heaviest daily snowfall 100, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 4 February 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	615
Heaviest daily snowfall	100
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 4 February 1971 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 23, daily 960.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

880 broken records

Margins by which the 880 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1971

Top 20 records on 4 February 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1971	Berry Masonic Village, AU	daily rain	227.3 mm (8.9 in)	195.5 mm (7.7 in)	83 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1971	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	197.9 mm (7.8 in)	116.9 mm (4.6 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1971	Mulga Downs, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1971	Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang), AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1971	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1971	Howard Post Office, AU	daily rain	252.7 mm (9.9 in)	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1971	Coolawanyah, AU	all-time rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1971	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1971	Roebourne, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1971	Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1971	Isis Junction Railway STN, AU	daily rain	176.8 mm (7.0 in)	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1971	Likatlong, ZA	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1971	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1971	Hamersley, AU	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1971	Moogerah Dam, AU	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1971	Bumberry, AU	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1971	Nowra Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1971	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1971	Cainbable, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1971	Peak Hill (Bruie Plains), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	50 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1971. 1971 had 989 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 1971-02-04: 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 50	806
50 to 100	53
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2