Weather Records on 4 May 1982

591 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1982. Highest significance: Gambona, CG.

Key Facts for 4 May 1982

On 4 May 1982, 591 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 571 daily.
Gambona set a monthly record daily precipitation of 169.9 mm (6.7 in) on 4 May 1982.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

591 stations

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

Weather records on 4 May 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gambona	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Chico	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zverinogolovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hay River A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.9 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Junta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shadrinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ackerly 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buhlertal	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Resolution A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Faverges-de-la-Tour	France	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hazelton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

591 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 185, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 4 May 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	185
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 4 May 1982 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1982

Top 20 records on 4 May 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1982	Gambona, CG	monthly rain	169.9 mm (6.7 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Snowville, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Palmaryville, ZA	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	El Chico, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Zverinogolovskaja, RU	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Toliness Station, AU	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Dijon-Longvic, FR	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	monthly low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Kennebec, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Northport, US	monthly low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Hay River A, CA	monthly snowfall	17.9 cm (7.0 in)	6.2 cm (2.4 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Campbell, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Ft Collins, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Man, CI	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Inhambane, MZ	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1982	Luverne, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	37 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 591 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 20	442
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1