Weather Records on 4 February 1979

1,477 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1979. Highest significance: Walnut, US.

Key Facts for 4 February 1979

On 4 February 1979, 1,477 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 596 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 29 were all-time records, 95 monthly and 1,353 daily.
Walnut set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 4 February 1979.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 530 records.

Record Map

1,477 stations

1,477 station records on 4 February 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Galva	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clinton #1	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Loup City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morris River	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schleswig	Germany	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cuencame	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hollow	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Boston Dam 17	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weddingstedt	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinaw 3WSW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Cajubi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,477 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 296, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 300, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 504.

Records on 4 February 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	296
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	300
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	504

Records on 4 February 1979 by timescale: all-time 29, monthly 95, daily 1,353.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,149 broken records

Margins by which the 1,149 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1979

Top 20 records on 4 February 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1979	Walnut, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1979	Wheaton 3 SE, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1979	Rio de Contas, BR	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1979	Galva, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1979	Clinton #1, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1979	Loup City, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	82 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Ft Smith Wtp, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Lincoln, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	El Vado Dam, US	daily snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	71.2 cm (28.0 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Paola, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Pawhuska, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Williamsburg 1E, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Whitewater Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Morris River, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	110.3 mm (4.3 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Charleston, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1979	Pana, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1979. 1979 had 1,477 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 1979-02-04: 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 200	1,089
200 to 400	48
400 to 600	10
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1