Weather Records on 4 May 1995

974 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1995. Highest significance: Dzaore, RU.

Key Facts for 4 May 1995

On 4 May 1995, 974 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
298 were record highs and 215 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 945 daily.
Dzaore set a daily record precipitation of 41.5 mm (1.6 in) on 4 May 1995.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

974 stations

974 station records on 4 May 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kweekwa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lammerkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton (Rose Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oorlogshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boorhaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Tigre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ona Husoy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olivares Mexicanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Litke	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Neranghi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peechelba East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peitas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pilvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saaifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
The Canal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gen. Santos	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Compton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huixtan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cerano	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prinshof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vinnytsia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto de la Concepcion	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boverdal	Norway	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orabah (Manilla (Warrabah))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lemnos (Campbells Soup)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Formosa Do Rio Preto (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bet-El	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boswell 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

974 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 128, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 452, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 4 May 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	128
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	452
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 4 May 1995 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 945.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

819 broken records

Margins by which the 819 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1995

Top 20 records on 4 May 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1995	Dzaore, RU	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1995	Bogorodskoe, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1995	Kweekwa, ZA	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1995	Lammerkraal, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Dalton (Rose Valley), AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Cohuna (Goulburn Murray), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Presa Madero, MX	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Oorlogshoek, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Boqueirao, BR	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Boorhaman, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Tungamah, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	105 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	El Tigre, MX	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Ona Husoy, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Olivares Mexicanos, MX	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Sandpan, ZA	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Litke, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	23.8 C (74.8 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Barraba (Neranghi), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Mathoura State Forest, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1995	Coimbra, PT	daily high min	17.5 C (63.5 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	85 years	42 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1995. 1995 had 974 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 25	799
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1