Weather Records on 4 February 1972

666 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1972. Highest significance: Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 February 1972

On 4 February 1972, 666 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 332 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 651 daily.
Buffelsnek (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 110.2 mm (4.3 in) on 4 February 1972.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

666 stations

666 station records on 4 February 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oswego	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
South Edwards 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gouna (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Black River 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parishville 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Herold (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bennetts Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brandonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
London Int'l Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grootdoornrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

666 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 156, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 176, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 4 February 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	156
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	176
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 4 February 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 651.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

549 broken records

Margins by which the 549 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1972

Top 20 records on 4 February 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1972	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1972	Stillwater Rsvr, US	monthly snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1972	Concordia (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1972	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1972	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1972	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1972	Oswego, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	South Edwards 1 E, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	De Hoop, ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	Beaver Falls, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	Dannemora, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	Berlin, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	Gouna (Bos), ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	Red Lodge, US	daily snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	Mount Forest, CA	daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	Bradford 4SW Rsch 5, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	Binnaway (Wattle St), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	Browning, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1972	Black River 1 SW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	45 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 666 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	536
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1