Weather Records on 4 August 1999

762 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 August 1999. Highest significance: Kodiak AP, US.

Key Facts for 4 August 1999

On 4 August 1999, 762 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
314 were record highs and 266 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 718 daily.
Kodiak AP set a daily record precipitation of 83.1 mm (3.3 in) on 4 August 1999.
Across 165 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

762 stations

762 station records on 4 August 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 August 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Anthonis	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aberporth	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Zautla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tikanlik	China	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	38.7 C (101.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Lunas 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Childress Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cimbaj	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	46.0 C (114.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Research Station AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelos	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mexican Hat	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allende	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campo 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas (Bisbee) Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Briggsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dzaore	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

762 records

Records set or tied on 4 August 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 160, Heaviest daily rainfall 182.

Records on 4 August 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	160
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 August 1999 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 35, daily 718.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 August 1999

Top 20 records on 4 August 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 August 1999	Kodiak AP, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	St Anthonis, NL	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Aberporth, GB	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Kenton, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Big Delta AP, US	all-time high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Wallace, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Glorieta, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Santiago Zautla (Cfe), MX	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Tikanlik, CN	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Frontera Amatenango, MX	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Ganca, AZ	daily high max	38.7 C (101.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Tbilisi, GE	daily high min	23.8 C (74.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Cortez, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Hermit 8 SE, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Los Lunas 3 SSW, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Saint Bernard, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 August 1999	Rush 1N, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	41 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

1815 to 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1999. 1999 had 762 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-04 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1827	1
1830	2
1833	1
1835	1
1843	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1857	1
1859	2
1860	2
1863	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1874	3
1875	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	1
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1898	1
1899	7
1900	6
1902	4
1903	18
1904	11
1905	19
1906	14
1907	20
1908	31
1909	27
1910	17
1911	23
1912	51
1913	15
1914	33
1915	85
1916	97
1917	29
1918	95
1919	34
1920	79
1921	67
1922	68
1923	146
1924	132
1925	77
1926	334
1927	136
1928	352
1929	224
1930	698
1931	371
1932	258
1933	347
1934	521
1935	367
1936	719
1937	258
1938	489
1939	433
1940	236
1941	383
1942	303
1943	468
1944	662
1945	355
1946	265
1947	845
1948	558
1949	421
1950	666
1951	680
1952	465
1953	1,017
1954	426
1955	624
1956	437
1957	343
1958	533
1959	303
1960	331
1961	745
1962	470
1963	438
1964	885
1965	409
1966	552
1967	428
1968	280
1969	638
1970	415
1971	813
1972	773
1973	748
1974	1,040
1975	772
1976	801
1977	599
1978	1,051
1979	510
1980	998
1981	636
1982	703
1983	920
1984	722
1985	634
1986	905
1987	892
1988	1,204
1989	738
1990	1,013
1991	769
1992	754
1993	1,046
1994	1,265
1995	1,117
1996	1,143
1997	891
1998	1,423
1999	762
2000	840
2001	1,087
2002	928
2003	1,309
2004	968
2005	1,246
2006	1,131
2007	685
2008	883
2009	681
2010	1,665
2011	1,536
2012	738
2013	452
2014	980
2015	505
2016	732
2017	1,134
2018	760
2019	499
2020	778
2021	691
2022	1,185
2023	1,150
2024	809
2025	840
2026	1,044

Download the Data

Data for records on 1999-08-04: 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 10	491
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2