Weather Records on 4 May 1974

367 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1974. Highest significance: Venterstad, ZA.

Key Facts for 4 May 1974

On 4 May 1974, 367 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 357 daily.
Venterstad set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 4 May 1974.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

367 stations

367 station records on 4 May 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Glen Mervyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Steeunmekaar (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Drieputs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dinninup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Niederstotzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olyfenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shurabad	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gnowanallup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heidenheim/Brenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amasia	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Noenieput (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Modderrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Catole	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reimlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nazareth House Farm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goedehoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kranshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schmidtsdrif	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Danielskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Schwalbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brakkies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reivilo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watson Lake A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Av-A-Rest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springfontein (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein"Potfontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

367 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 May 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 May 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 357.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

321 broken records

Margins by which the 321 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1974

Top 20 records on 4 May 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1974	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1974	Edenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1974	Glen Mervyn, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Steeunmekaar (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Drieputs, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Dinninup, AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Niederstotzingen, DE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Rocklands, ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Eureka, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Olyfenfontein, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Shurabad, AM	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Gumri, AM	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Little Port Walter, US	daily rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Gnowanallup, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Heidenheim/Brenz, DE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Reddersburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Warrenton (Mun), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1974	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	43 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1974. 1974 had 367 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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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	320
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1