Weather Records on 4 February 1978

594 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1978. Highest significance: Van Wert 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 4 February 1978

On 4 February 1978, 594 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 215 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 547 daily.
Van Wert 1 S set a daily record snow depth of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 4 February 1978.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

594 stations

594 station records on 4 February 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lorna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paintsville 1E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Disposal Plt	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iol	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dexter	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Earaheedy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bir Mobhrein (Fort)	Mauritania	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edwardsport Pwr Plt	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bernie	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haines Junction	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatfield	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

594 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 194.

Records on 4 February 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	194

Records on 4 February 1978 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 28, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

435 broken records

Margins by which the 435 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1978

Top 20 records on 4 February 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1978	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1978	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1978	Lorna Glen, AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Whitestown, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	London State Fish Hatchery, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Lewistown AP, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Port Stanley, CA	monthly low min	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Angola, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Montpelier, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Anderson 1 N, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Melstone, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Greencastle 1 W, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Wabash, US	all-time snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Paintsville 1E, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Ft Benton, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1978	Ft Wayne Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	0 years	44 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1978. 1978 had 594 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 4 February 1978
Margin	Records
0 to 100	382
100 to 200	39
200 to 300	10
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1