Weather Records on 4 February 1982

1,812 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1982. Highest significance: Farmland 5 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 4 February 1982

On 4 February 1982, 1,812 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 1,097 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 34 were all-time records, 141 monthly and 1,637 daily.
Farmland 5 NNW set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 4 February 1982.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 528 records.

Record Map

1,812 stations

1,812 station records on 4 February 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
N Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Otis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Van Buren 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
El Rito	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monroeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Billings	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Twr 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reynolds	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,812 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 618, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 479, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 169, Deepest snow cover 227.

Records on 4 February 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	618
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	479
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	169
Deepest snow cover	227

Records on 4 February 1982 by timescale: all-time 34, monthly 141, daily 1,637.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,483 broken records

Margins by which the 1,483 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 1982

Top 20 records on 4 February 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1982	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	82 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1982	Sparta 1 W, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1982	N Stratford, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1982	Los Alamos, US	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1982	Eagle Nest, US	monthly snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1982	Otis, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1982	Montpelier, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Van Buren 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	El Rito, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Steelville 2 N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Atalaia, BR	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Monroeville 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Decatur 1 N, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Uniao Dos Palmares, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Greenville 6 N, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Waterloo 6SW, US	all-time snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Paulding, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1982	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	3 years	48 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1982. 1982 had 1,812 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 1982
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,410
100 to 200	59
200 to 300	12
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1